In my persistence to fit Linux in my life, I’m curious if some “must have” Windows software will work better if I just ran a Windows VM within Linux.
None of the software I need to work is needed to work continuously. They are basically programs that I fire up when needed, for a few minutes, then exited.
Wine will install them, but not run them, so I’m hoping a VM is the answer as I’m not interested in dual-booting to run a few Windows programs occasionally.
VM is probably the answer as long as your machine can run one well enough.
If it runs under WINE, it will probably be higher performance and of course integrates better into the rest of your system ( eg. files ).
If it does not work under WINE, it will probably work in a VM. So, depending on the app, this may be the only choice.
Apps that depend on talking to specific hardware ( including the GPU ) do not always work in a VM.
So, it depends…
Well yeah, I mean what are you going to do?
Even with just 8gb of Ram you can have a windows 10 vm to do the only few things you can’t on Linux. It’s gonna be really slow but if you need it once a year it’s fine.
