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.

  • Redderthanmisty
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    8 days 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.)