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Re:KDE is finally getting a native virtual machine manager c... by cwbriscoe on Monday May 19, 2025 @02:20AM (#44026939)
I also really like the BTRFS file system which I didn't know about until installing Cachy. I like the idea of being able to go to a snapshot before I messed something up or a system update did.

I figure if I ever need anything Windows related, I will just load windows in a VM. Gaming wise, mostly the only games you can't play on Linux are Windows games with root kit level anti-cheats. Not sure if that is a downside...

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Re:KDE is finally getting a native virtual machine manager c... by seanw444 on Monday May 19, 2025 @11:13AM (#44030735)
The (much more complicated) middle ground is to put a second GPU in your PC, boot Linux with that GPU, and then reserve the primary GPU for your gaming virtual machine (and pin CPU cores so cache isn't useless while gaming). End result: more reliable gaming experience in a sandboxed environment. There are some anticheats that will detect you're in a VM and lock you out, but there are ways around that if you're persistent enough. Or just don't play such games, which is my preferred approach.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF#Wi...

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