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A comment on Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if they were native apps.

Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by scarygliders on Friday February 04, 2022 @10:23PM (#30216830)
I don't understand the problem this is solving.

Perhaps it's the sparse explanation from the github page? I dunno.

What I do know is; I have a Windows VM under libvirt/Kvm/Qemu and it's everything this thing claims to be - if I understood the broken English of it - I have passed through my RTX2070super GPU and I am basically running Windows+"apps" - including a few Windows games, and I'm using Looking-Glass to do it all, meaning I have full speed graphical access to Windows I need.

Can somebody please explain to me what this thing is and why it's any different or better than what I have now?

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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by creatonez on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:30PM (#30217443)
Looking Glass doesn't put windowed applications on your desktop as if they were native apps, and doesn't auto-suspend when no activity is detected?

If these aren't features you need then you could just say that, instead of writing dismissive non-constructive comments.

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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by bitcharmer on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:12AM (#30218262)
There is nothing dismissive in GP's comment. Deep breath, mate. Deep breath.
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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by iddan on Saturday February 05, 2022 @03:27AM (#30219017)
“if I understood the broken English of it”
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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by scarygliders on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:53AM (#30220524)
That's not being dismissive one bit. It's a fact that the project's description isn't very good.
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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by oogetyboogety on Saturday February 05, 2022 @06:21PM (#30227403)
It is a little bit broken, but I think it gets the point across.
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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by blarg1 on Friday February 04, 2022 @11:12PM (#30217291)
Probably because people like me can't be bothered figuring out how to setup libvirt/Kvm/Qemu.
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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by petepete on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:57AM (#30218538)
If you use virt-manager (or Gnome Boxes) it doesn't really take any figuring out. You just need the relevant install media and follow the prompts.

https://virt-manager.org/

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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by dreinhardt on Saturday February 05, 2022 @03:20AM (#30218972)
I went with Gnome boxes and installed windows xp. After 20 minutes of trying to get sound working I found out that the automatic configuration select ‘none’ for audio backend.

Worked fine after selecting ‘spice’, pulse audio didn’t work tho but also didn’t result in an error. Apart from sound everything worked out of the box, tho.

I did all that to run some old music training software that only came in 16 and 32 bit versions.

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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by fulafel on Saturday February 05, 2022 @08:58AM (#30221018)
Can it set up GPU passthru?
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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by petepete on Sunday February 06, 2022 @05:56PM (#30237920)
It appears to be possible but I've never done it.

https://wiki.debian.org/VGAPassthrough

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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by eurasiantiger on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:28AM (#30220383)
So is this the same virt-manager that passes clipboard and selection contents to all VMs without any option to turn it off?
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Re:Cassowary – Run Windows Apps on Linux using a VM as if th... by blarg1 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @07:26AM (#30220367)
Cool I'll give it a try.
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