RE: LeoThread 2025-05-12 08:14

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I switched to GNU/Linux about a month ago and I'm quite happy with my setup. Only thing I'm lacking is the ability to run certain windows applications. I could dual-boot, but it's such a hassle to shut down the system completely to switch.

Yesterday I had a conversation with my AI regarding virtualization of Windows using Linux as the host system with QEMU/KVM. I will be installing it using a dedicated SSD that I have lying around, and it will have two separate configurations; One with GPU passthrough and one without.

  • The configuration without passthrough will be able to run simultaneously on top of my linux desktop, but will not have GPU access.
  • The config WITH passthrough will have full access to my GPU, but can not run alongside my linux desktop, meaning I will have to kill my desktopsession in order to boot it.

It's gonna be interesting to see how complicated it will be to set this up and how well it will work. #techtips #linux #virtualization

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I am also switching to Ubuntu and will be sharing the process here

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Good for you. Do you have any previous experience with it?

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Oh yes, I was using Linux mint initially before I switched to windows. Now I am switching back to ubuntu. After all, LM is based on Ubuntu

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Long past time for me to switch. I have just been lazy!

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I landed on Manjaro Linux (Arch based distro) with KDE. The latest version of KDE is super polished and a great user experience as long as you have a semi-modern computer. Apparently the KDE version of Fedora is also really good (more stable than Manjaro though I haven't had any stability issues yet).

Do you have Linux experience from before or will you be starting fresh?

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