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Several windows programs won't work with Wine. Would running a Windows VM be a better option? (lemmy.ca)
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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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[-] Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 months 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.)

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