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.

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    1 year ago

    It’s subpar, closed source, kernel module installing, type 2 virtualization that makes users believe VMs are slow, when in fact Type 1 hypervisors usually achieve near 98% efficiency. And too boot it means that open-source projects like virt-manager don’t get the usership they deserve and need to continue being maintained.

    There is legit not a single reason to use it on Linux, and there hasn’t been in well over a decade.

    • HumanPerson@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      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·
        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.worksEnglish
          2·
          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·
            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!