🥗 Getting Started with Salad: System Requirements & Setup Guide

Welcome! This guide will walk you through everything you need to get Salad running smoothly in your environment — from operating system and hardware requirements to virtualization and WSL installation. Let's dig in! 🍽️

🖥️ Operating System Requirements

Make sure your systems are running one of the following:

• ✅ Windows 10 (version 2004+, Build 19041+)
• ✅ Windows 11

🧰 Minimum Hardware Requirements

To ensure smooth performance with Salad, your machines should meet the following specs:

• 💾 Storage: 50 GB free space
• 🧠 RAM: 16 GB minimum (32 GB recommended!)
• 🎮 GPU: NVIDIA GPU with at least 8 GB VRAM
• 🌐 Bandwidth: Minimum 10 Mbps download speed

⚙️ Virtualization Requirements

Salad runs in a containerized environment and requires virtualization to be enabled in BIOS.

🔍 Check Virtualization Support

1. Reboot your machine and enter BIOS (usually by pressing Del, F2, or Esc on startup).
2. Look for Intel VT-x (Intel) or AMD-V (AMD).
3. Ensure virtualization is enabled ✅
4. Save and exit BIOS.

🏷️ Manufacturer-Specific Virtualization Guides

🛠️ Need help? Check these:

• Does My PC Support Virtualization?

• Enable Virtualization on Asus PCs
• Enable Virtualization by Motherboard: Gigabyte
• Enable Virtualization on Lenovo PCs
• Enable Virtualization on HP PCs
• Enable Virtualization by Motherboard: MSI (American Megatrends)
• Enable Virtualization on Acer PCs
• How to enable Virtualization Support on your machine

🐧 WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) Installation

Salad uses WSL to run container workloads on Windows. Here's what you need to know:

📌 Important Notes:

• ✅ Windows Updates must be enabled
• 🔒 PowerShell must not be blocked (check ggLeap security policies)
• 🔁 A reboot is required after installation

🧪 What Happens During Salad Install?

1. Salad checks if wuauserv (Windows Update service) is running
2. It verifies WSL is installed or up-to-date via wsl --update
3. Salad installs WSL if needed
4. Reboot may be required — but console visibility is hidden during install

🧑‍🔧 DIY: Check If WSL Is Installed

1. Open PowerShell or Command Prompt
2. Run:

   wsl -l -v

or

   wsl --status

If installed, you’ll see your distros and WSL version. If not, you’ll get a “command not found” error.

🛠️ If WSL is Not Installed

1. Open PowerShell as Administrator (Right-click Start > PowerShell (Admin))
2. Run:

   wsl --install --no-distribution

3. Wait for install to complete, then reboot your machine

If anything goes wrong — don’t worry! Contact us for help. 💬

🥗 Requesting Salad Availability & Setting Version

To enable Salad at your center and ensure it uses the right version:

📩 Step 1: Contact ggCircuit

Ask ggCircuit staff to enable Salad for your center.

📦 Step 2: Set Machine Version

Request the Salad version to be set to:

3.0.1147.0 or higher

✅ Confirm this version is active before proceeding to ensure everything runs correctly!

💬 Need help? Reach out to the support team any time — we’re here to make things smooth! 😎

Updated on: 16/12/2025