In my persistence to fit Linux in my life, I’m curious if some “must have” Windows software will work better if I just ran a Windows VM within Linux.

None of the software I need to work is needed to work continuously. They are basically programs that I fire up when needed, for a few minutes, then exited.

Wine will install them, but not run them, so I’m hoping a VM is the answer as I’m not interested in dual-booting to run a few Windows programs occasionally.

  • LeFantome
    10·
    3 months ago

    If it runs under WINE, it will probably be higher performance and of course integrates better into the rest of your system ( eg. files ).

    If it does not work under WINE, it will probably work in a VM. So, depending on the app, this may be the only choice.

    Apps that depend on talking to specific hardware ( including the GPU ) do not always work in a VM.

    So, it depends…

    • Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml
      1·
      3 months ago

      Apps that depend on talking to specific hardware ( including the GPU) do not always work in a VM.

      Unless you go about setting up IOMMU groups with QEMU/KVM… (And have a second GPU to hand over to the VM.)