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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

Slightly unrelated but cygwin will run better on windows (its way lighter)

[-] gornius@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Better in which way? WSL2 is a VM running ALONGSIDE Windows, not inside. Its performance is basically bare metal. If you have enough RAM, there is no reason to use cygwin instead of WSL2.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

In that case why don't you just run a VM or install bare metal. WSL strips you of control just like Windows itself does.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

its complicated as i replied to someone else's comment...

im not a "it just works" user too but its complicated to explain why i use windows for now (but ill switich soon)

like im totally a FOSS enthusiast but like...

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

its complicated please dont blame me for WSL

[-] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 10 months ago

AHHHH "Has ptsd flashbacks from having to use Cygwin on a mixed build environment for a popular MMO that's about some kind of war up in the stars.." lol NOT THE CYGDRIVE lol jk but it did take me back ~5 years.

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

i try to understand that...

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Yep, that's what I use as well... in Windows I mean.

[-] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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 10 months ago

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 10 months ago

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 10 months ago

true it uses a Microsoft Hypervisor Virtual Machine

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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

[-] lapingvino@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Best option is still Git Bash 🙃

[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago
[-] Picture_Pig@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
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