let’s fully set up Open WebUI + Ollama inside WSL2 with GPU support, step-by-step. This will unlock full-speed model responses while retaining LaTeX rendering, markdown, and UI features.


🚧 STEP 0: Prerequisites Checklist

Before starting, please confirm:

Requirement Status
🟢 Windows 10/11 (with latest updates)
🟢 NVIDIA GPU with CUDA (e.g. RTX series)
🟢 NVIDIA Driver ≥ 470.xx
🟢 Anaconda (optional, but we’ll install)

If any of these are missing, let me know — I’ll help.


✅ STEP 1: Enable WSL2 and Install Ubuntu

1.1 Open PowerShell as Administrator

Run:

wsl --install -d Ubuntu

1.2 Reboot your system

Once done, open Ubuntu from Start Menu. It will install and ask you to create:

Now you're inside WSL2 Linux!


✅ STEP 2: Install CUDA for WSL2 (GPU support)