Heck just read the updates on that post linked above and it looks like someone wrote something just for this. My bad for missing it earlier. It is linked in the 4th-ish answer down.

https://github.com/AlexSSD7/linsk

Sure you can. Here’s one way that looks similar how I do it using wsl. This assumes you’re on an EXT4 file system.

https://superuser.com/questions/584883/how-can-i-access-volumes-encrypted-with-luks-dm-crypt-from-windows#936284

There’s quite a few options for this but this should at least get you closer to your goal.

I use btrfs on my Linux installs now and there’s a windows driver that is phenomenal for that here.

https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs

Good luck!

Right on.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_for_PlayStation_2