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Several windows programs won't work with Wine. Would running a Windows VM be a better option? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

the worst issue using a VM is with programs that need the GPU

Only for a type-2 (hosted) hypervisor. This isn't a issue in type-1 (bare-metal) hypervisor.

[–] refalo 5 points 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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

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