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Re:CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by est31 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @07:16PM (#23569210)
According to the Stack Overflow survey, Linux Desktop marketshare for developer has been growing constantly over the years. 23% in 2018's "primary desktop OS" question, 26% in 2019, 27% in 2020. Prior to that the question was asked differently, allowing multiple choices, but Linux was even lower back then. WSL was released in 2016 so much of this growth has happened while it was out. There might be some delay in the effects though, and maybe it would have been a much faster trend had it not been for WSL.

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2016#technology-de...

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018#technology-_-...

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-...

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#technology-de...

Re:CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by patrec on Thursday June 18, 2020 @08:16PM (#23569628)
WSL2 came out (in non-preview version) last month and is a vital improvement. Windows Terminal is still pre-1.0 as is the CUDA and DirectX on Linux stuff. Then give it a bit of time to percolate through, technically and socially.
Re:CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by Semaphor on Thursday June 18, 2020 @11:55PM (#23570805)
> Windows Terminal is still pre-1.0

Windows Terminal 1.0 has been out for a bit, the current version is 1.0.1401.0 [0]

[0]: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases/tag/v1.0.1401...

Re:CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by toxik on Friday June 19, 2020 @03:43AM (#23572055)
I guess the writing’s on the wall now. The latest lines of Apple products have been all been disappointing to me: laptops and phones without ports, keyboards that break, silly gimmicks all about — and a smartwatch that I developed a skin rash from so bad I still have it now, four months after having stopped using the watch.

CUDA was always the big thing for me, I use CUDA and develop with it — AMD and Apple have missed their shot on this, in an absolutely massive way. Alienate developers with centralized app stores and huge fees, then alienate researchers by picking a fight with the biggest name in the GPU industry while providing no alternative. Silly.

I haven’t used Windows in years and it will be so so bittersweet the day I boot it up on a Dell laptop again.

Re:CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by aspenmayer on Friday June 19, 2020 @02:42AM (#23571687)
Do you know when it’s supposed to become default terminal? I thought I heard it was coming eventually.
Re:CUDA on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 by Semaphor on Friday June 19, 2020 @04:31AM (#23572362)
Disclaimer: Hazy memory about this, take it with a heap of salt.

I think there were being some problems with that. It is planned but still in the future, possibly only with another feature update.