Windows host, because I play VR games and GPU passthrough would be inconvenient.
I just fullscreen the linux VM and it feels native for all the non-3D tasks I do with it. Even media viewing is a breeze.
I just fullscreen the linux VM and it feels native for all the non-3D tasks I do with it. Even media viewing is a breeze.
That is what I have been doing since hardware virtualization became mainstream.
When I made my linux vm, I actually just took a real linux system's drive and told vmware to just use the drive as-is.
So, it was really convenient to no longer have to deal with driver nonsense, while retaining the original disk.
What's the current best virtualisation software on Windows in your opinion?
I tried searching online for this. And quickly realised that highly ranked sites targeting Windows users are quite low quality.
My personal rank is
vmware
virtualbox
qemu
I never tried hyper-v by itself. vmware actually can use hyper-v as a hypervisor if its enabled (as you need it when using WSL), but its inferior to using vmware's own solution, as I end up with weird networking behavior. it does work though.
I think on linux qemu may be the best, but on windows it is rough. I think vmware just has better video technology and better integration technology, such that its easy to copy-paste files, share clipboards, full screen etc.