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.

  • thayerw
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    10 days ago

    I do this as well and for the most part it’s been fine. It’s handy to have options and, even for apps that do run under Windows, it’s often less hassle to just fire up the VM.