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Linux undoubtedly requires lots of troubleshooting and searching. Lately I’ve been spending hours (and still aren’t done with) setting up a Windows VM with good graphics support on NixOS. I’ve opened >300 tabs as counted with a browser addon, having looked up stuff like "best way to install Windows VM on linux with , “best VM software for linux”, and more specific things like how to setup WinApps, but I’ve been told that it has very poor graphics performance, since it doesn’t include anything to make it better, so now I’m torturing myself trying to get Looking Glass to work. I opened an feature request today to make better support for NixOS but it was closed stating that documentation is for deb-based distros and “a niche distro such as NixOS”, RIP.

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[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Well I guess I regularly open like 20-50 tabs to get to the root of something. But that's not necessarily linked to Linux. Happens if a major Windows update destroys my friends printer drivers, or if I compare prices for things, or which Smartwatch or phone to buy... Could be anything.

Btw, I use virt-manager and libvirt for virtualization. And Proton and Wine plus all the helpers for Windows software. So rather than virtualize an entire Windows, I'll just fire up the software in Lutris or Bottles and be done with it.

And don't complain if you installed NixOS, you brought this upon yourself. It's one of the most complicated distros out there and in my opinion better suited for servers, automated deployments, certain kinds of development and absolute experts, not so much for desktop use by someone who needs documentation, because it's often lacking good documentation. You're supposed to already be an expert 😅

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