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.

  • bruce965@lemmy.ml
    151·
    3 months ago

    VM startup time can be skipped by saving state instead of shutting it down every time.

    I would say the worst issue using a VM is with programs that need the GPU (e.g. CAD softwares or games), and software with aggressive DRM.

      • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
        5·
        3 months ago

        Sounds like they’re using it on their desktop, so passthru is probably going to be a mess regardless of hypervisor type, since they probably can’t do exclusive access to it.

        • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          I fucking hate GPU companies for always removing SR-IOV from their consumer cards

      • refalo
        5·
        3 months ago

        What do you mean by “isn’t an issue”? You still need a dedicated GPU for the VM.