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Let's go! (sorry i used WSL i have my own reasons for it...) (lemmy.world)
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[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Can Cygwin run Linux GUI programs effectively? What about GPU-bound workloads? Would happily switch if the answer to both of those is yes.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You can run GUI apps but I'm not sure about GPU workloads. Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?

[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn't bare metal be the best for that?

Technically yes, but WSL2 is remarkably close to optimal in terms of throughput. Unlike WSL1 (a type 2 hypervisor), WSL2 requires Hyper-V (a type 1 hypervisor), meaning Windows also runs as a VM once it’s enabled. The Linux vGPU driver still needs to go through the Windows Nvidia driver as far as I know, but that is seldom the bottleneck for CUDA applications.

[–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

true it uses a Microsoft Hypervisor Virtual Machine

[–] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

i dont mind the GUI... but is Cygwin open source? just knowing