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Re:Steam on Linux Usage Spikes to Nearly 2% in July, More Th... by BluePen8 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @10:59AM (#36971815)
Do you just use virtual box for something like this?

I split my time between two places, and game infrequently which means my SFF gaming PC is often still in the box until I need it, at which point Windows updates can waste the time I had for gaming.

Would love a way to use my laptop to keep some Windows VM snapshot up to date. Windows has ruined more gaming sessions than it’s provided for me lately.

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Re:Steam on Linux Usage Spikes to Nearly 2% in July, More Th... by yomlica8 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @11:26AM (#36972206)
I use QEMU/KVM/Libvirt. Virtualbox had experimental passthrough support for awhile but I believe they removed it.
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Re:Steam on Linux Usage Spikes to Nearly 2% in July, More Th... by fsflover on Friday August 04, 2023 @08:14AM (#36998891)
Alternatively, you could use Qubes OS for that: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows, https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#can-i-run-applications-like-ga...
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