CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
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CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
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Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#2This is BIG for machine learning adoption! 2 years ago it was a nightmare to setup everything on a Windows box, and wasn't working in any VMs (WSL or VirtualBox). Very excited about this.
Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#3This is pretty wild. The WSL2 upgrade really made the terminal way faster than the original WSL, so I'm curious how this runs. Looking forward to trying it!
Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#4How long to start seeing advertisement like "Linux, best viewed on Windows".
Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#5This is BIG for machine learning adoption! 2 years ago it was a nightmare to setup everything on a Windows box, and wasn't working in any VMs (WSL or VirtualBox). Very excited about this.
This feels like it's gonna be terrible for people already doing ML.
Now, the following has more than a bit of elitism, I'm aware of that, so please don't comment to point that bit out...
I'm afraid that searching for answers to specific ML questions will start feeling like trying to google some Windows problems (every few years when I make the mistake of trying to help someone out) where it's all "download this, then click here..."
I hope I'm wrong and this will only be used by people willing to go the extra mile...
Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#6This is pretty wild. The WSL2 upgrade really made the terminal way faster than the original WSL, so I'm curious how this runs. Looking forward to trying it!
I'd imagine pretty close to what it is native
Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#7This is BIG for machine learning adoption! 2 years ago it was a nightmare to setup everything on a Windows box, and wasn't working in any VMs (WSL or VirtualBox). Very excited about this.
This feels like it's gonna be terrible for people already doing ML. Now, the following has more than a bit of elitism, I'm aware of that, so please don't comment to point that bit out... I'm afraid that searching for answers to specific ML questions will start feeling like trying to google some Windows problems (every few years when I make the mistake of trying to help someone out) where it's all "download this, then…
Doubt it. Even though you can run e.g. anaconda or pandas on Windows if I google an issue, I have no provlem getting linux-relevant results.
Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#8My biggest concern for not trying it out right now is that the insider preview for windows is asking for all kinds of data permissions :(
Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#9How long to start seeing advertisement like "Linux, best viewed on Windows".
Does kind of feel that way. Having a full Windows Desktop with good graphics drivers and software like Microsoft Office, Photoshop, commercial games etc. and Linux for the programming/server-software side of things.
I have literally no reason to dual-boot with Ubuntu anymore. WSL2 and Visual Studio Code fulfils all my Linux coding requirements.
Maybe (probably?) a bad thing but it's damn convenient.
Re: CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2
#10Pity. CUDA was/is proof positive that Linux on the desktop is perfectly feasible and that you can use it to both do a UI and do meaningful computation on the same machine without getting tied down into all kinds of licensing schemes. Opening this further up to Windows gives fewer people a really good reason to try out Linux as their daily driver. I personally don't get why any developer would prefer Windows over Linux with its near infinite software repositories related to all things developers would like.