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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by benbristow on Friday August 27, 2021 @12:12PM (#28329583)
> As far as GPU acceleration it's just as much of a pain inside of WSL2 than in a regular VM.

What do you need it for in WSL2? Perhaps machine learning/crypto stuff?

> Photoshop works well enough usig Wine, the installer won't run but that's not an issue

If you were using Windows it would work better than 'well enough' and the installer would run.

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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by sudosysgen on Friday August 27, 2021 @09:23PM (#28334735)
I actually had many serious issues with Photoshop and Lightroom in Windows, random crashes, etc..., the only solution being to rollback drivers and once uninstall windows and not do an update.

GPU acceleration in WSL2 is useful for ML, but also accelerated video encode/decode, and some simulations I had to work on. It's also very useful for anything using a GUI, as all the major UI toolkits in Linux use native GPU acceleration.

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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by benbristow on Saturday August 28, 2021 @12:04AM (#28335545)
What in Linux do you need a GUI for though?
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