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submitted 1 year ago by umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm considering to switch to Proxmox for my main PC, run a Windows VM on top and passthrough the GPU to play games. However, I heard anti-cheates aren't that friendly to VMs. Had anyone tried this? Thanks.

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[-] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Wow I didn’t even know it was closed source. Thanks for pointing this out, I will definitely be getting virt-manager.

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not entirely closed source, but the extension packs are. The other reason are the main one that should make you switch. Why use subpar software when there's a better, trusted by the entire industry, alternative builtin already?

[-] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I am already spinning up a Debian vm. I had a minor issue with file permissions but it it is working great now and is definitely faster than I remember virtualbox being. I am so glad I saw your comment and I would switch to this even if Richard Stallman himself wrote Virtualbox and all the extensions.

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's also a whole lot more flexible. And will easily do full PCIe passthrough with some more advance configuration. virt-manager even works remotely over SSH if you have another machine you want to run your VMs on!

[-] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

GPU passthrough was the next thing I tried! Do you know any good tutorials? The one I found tells me to do mkinitcpio but I don’t seem to have that. I think I mentioned this is Debian but in case I forgot its Debian.

[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I don't have a specific guide for you, but a good place to start is: https://wiki.debian.org/VGAPassthrough

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