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Recommended ML Distros / Setup? (self.linux)

submitted 2 years ago by Faendol to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone! I've been working in ML for a while now and I'm breaking into OpenAI's Spinning Up series and I figure it's time for me to get a dual boot with Linux up and running. I can't get docker to stop giving me a memory leak with WSL 2 and frankly using it as a workaround doesn't make that much sense when I am fairly comfortable with IT / the command line. I was curious if anyone had any recommendations for distros and maybe a good bootloader to get started with. The one thing I'm a bit worried about is I have this random FiiO DAC that has shitty drivers even on Windows but I suppose not being able to use that wouldn't be a huge deal anyway as I won't be using this as my daily driver quite yet.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Honestly any distro will be fine for this, but if you're new to Linux except for WSL, Ubuntu might be a good choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

just go with any popular distro, being a beginner I would say Linux Mint.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ubuntu LTS - because it is often the best tested in these use cases. As for bootloader - the default GRUB is fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

If your main goal is for it to just work and not bug out Debian 12 was released recently and is pretty good in terms of features and software availability. Otherwise give Ubuntu a go as it might have compatible drivers for your DAC

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Mint cinnamon is OK, and so far my go too for this year. You can always just jump in and try it for a bit as the best part of any distro is you can dump and change with little effort with the built in tools in most.