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Let's go! (sorry i used WSL i have my own reasons for it...) (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (6 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

its complicated please dont blame me for WSL

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 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...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

i try to understand that...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Best option is still Git Bash 🙃

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

most true :3

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

true it uses a Microsoft Hypervisor Virtual Machine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

thanks