I saw from a post that you can basically host your own mini windows inside of linux to play games with, and you can choose what to share with that little windows so microsoft can’t track you in any way. Does anyone have a tutorual/guide for that? Also what Distro would be best for it?

  • cujo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Because it’s accessable, and is also the extent of my knowledge in running a VM. I won’t speak about KVM because I am not intimately familiar with KVM, nor will I ever be. I’m certain it’s a better solution than VirtualBox, just as running games in Linux with Wine/Proton is a better solution than setting up a VM to game in.

    I’d be happy to hear about the details of why KVM is so superior, if you’d care to enlighten me! I’m always looking to learn new things.

    The real question is why we’re down voting people who are adding to the discussion just because we disagree with them, instead of just having a conversation?

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      1 year ago

      > Because it’s accessable

      Here, enjoy: https://virt-manager.org/

      > I’d be happy to hear about the details of why KVM is so superior

      Essentially type 1 hypervisors, like KVM/Qemu, make direct use of the CPU’s virtualization technology (VT-d and VT-x) while type 2 hypervisors run all the calls through the kernel which is significantly slower. In a way type 2 hypervisors are closer to an emulator.

      • cujo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for the link! And for the info. I’ll give KVM an honest try, and maybe I’ll get motivated enough to spin up a VM for CaptureOne. A 1080 should be decent enough for light photo editing, and I was recently given one as-is. It may or may not work, neither I or the person who gave it to me had time to test it.