… Plus, a dual-boot setup is fairly effective when you want to avoid the virtualization overhead of VMs or WSL2 which, granted, isn’t very high on the latter , and the same applies for tasks that require direct hardware access like gaming on your Linux instance. …
… When Linux handles your everyday workload and Windows sits in a VM for the rare task that still needs it, the whole arrangement starts to feel a lot more practical. …
… You see, rather than running full-on Linux VMs via VirtualBox on my Windows 11 dev virtual environment, I use it to run WSL2 and Docker containers, both of which require nested virtualization to be enabled. …
… Since my graphics card doesn’t have SR-IOV support, it’s the only way I can develop Linux-based apps requiring GPU acceleration from my Windows 11 VM. …
… Parsec for a simple setup, Sunshine + Moonlight if you don’t mind tinkering a bit I tend to switch the Display setting to SPICE on almost all Linux virtual machines, but my Windows 11 remote gaming and dev VMs are an exception. …
… Otherwise, I would’ve tried deploying something as wacky as a Proxmox instance or a gaming VM inside Sylve, just for giggles. …
… Heck, if you’ve got a gaming system that’s almost a decade old, you can even help it run a bunch of modern titles by getting rid of Windows and choosing a Linux distro that includes the right drivers for your system. …
… They take turns acting on a Ubuntu VM with a couple of Docker containers on it, and they can talk to each other between turns. The VM is allowed to die. I'll be honest about the result up front. The VM did not end any of these runs in a better state than it started. …
… Since my Proxmox machines aren’t involved in tasks requiring high CPU horsepower at least, not unless I specifically use them to host remote gaming VMs and tend to remain idle most of the time, powersave is the perfect option for my setup. …
… For instance, Archinstall includes instructions for booting the Arch Linux ISO in a VM if you want to test it before installing. …
