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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Hosting windows to play games (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I saw from a post that you can basically host your own mini windows inside of linux to play games with, and you can choose what to share with that little windows so microsoft can't track you in any way. Does anyone have a tutorual/guide for that? Also what Distro would be best for it?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What you're probably referring to is running a virtual machine with VFIO passthrough. I hate to be that guy, but this is one of those "if you have to ask for help, you probably shouldn't do it" kind of situations. It's complicated and easy to mess up, requires a decent amount of knowledge of both Linux and Windows, and every situation is unique. There's no cookie-cutter way to set it all up.

But if you're willing to buckle down and learn anyways, the best way would be to do it from scratch. This is the best documentation I'm aware of on the subject, but it's tailored heavily for Arch Linux, a rather advanced distro to use.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This article is enough to teach you basically anything you could need. As long as you can follow instructions properly, that's it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

alright, thanks. After I've read other comments I'll pass on it because it seems I need an extra GPU anyways.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not necessarily, if your processor has an igpu which many do you can use that for Linux and the discrete GPU for the VM

though like others have said if you don't know about this technology already it's not going to be an easy plug and play job