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Unclear instructions on installing NVidia GPU driver for WSL #1803

Open codeisnotcode opened 11 months ago

codeisnotcode commented 11 months ago

Documentation Issue

The documentation says, near the top of the linked page, says Installed driver for vGPU. To run Linux GUI apps, you should first install the driver matching your system below. This will enable you to use a virtual GPU (vGPU) so you can benefit from hardware accelerated OpenGL rendering.

That set of instructions is very unclear. They should state specifically whether the user should install the Windows version of the GPU driver, or the Linux version. In the case of an NVIdia GPU, the instructions should be clear on whether "driver" is the video driver or the complete CUDA package. If just the video driver, the instructions should also discuss how to load CUDA for NVidia GPUs.

Link to documentation page

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps

Suggested Improvements

The current instructions are very unclear. They should state specifically whether the user should install the Windows version of the GPU driver, or the Linux version. In the case of an NVidia GPU, the instructions should be clear on whether "driver" is the video driver or the complete CUDA package. If just the video driver, the instructions should also discuss how to load CUDA for NVidia GPUs.