I’ve been seeing all these posts about Linux lately, and looking at them, I can honestly see the appeal. I’d love having so much autonomy over the OS I use, and customize it however I like, even having so many options to choose from when it comes to distros. The only thing holding me back, however, is incompatibility issues. A lot of programs I work with very often are Windows-exclusive, and alternatives supporting Linux are rare. So I guess I’m stuck with Windows, since I deem those particular programs really important.

Any advice from Linux nerds here? All constructive replies are very appreciated.

  • danielfgom@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 year ago

    If they are Windows exclusive then your best bet is to simply run Windows in a virtual machine inside Linux and run the applications from there.

    • Neil@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      Specifically KVM since it’s type-1. VirtualBox is nice, but it can’t beat KVM in my experience. I run Windows VMs on my Linux work laptop all day to test end-user experiences and KVM is the smoothest experience I’ve found.

      • Zoidberg@lemm.ee
        3·
        1 year ago

        How did you manage with video performance? I don’t game and have had a lot of experience with both vbox and kvm. Kvm performance for video is excruciatingly slow. It got to a point I said “that does it” and went back to vbox.

      • danielfgom@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        Yea KVM is great but it’s not so easy to pass device’s through. Whereas in Virtualbox you go to the menu, select devices, the type of device (eg usb) and then select the device (eg printer) to have it show up on Windows.