I’m considering to switch to Proxmox for my main PC, run a Windows VM on top and passthrough the GPU to play games. However, I heard anti-cheates aren’t that friendly to VMs. Had anyone tried this? Thanks.

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
    30·
    1 year ago

    Proxmox runs KVM/Qemu in the backend, so it’s essentially the same thing. OP might want to have a machine in their rack they use for remote gaming for example.

    Also don’t use VirtualBox.

    • f00f/eris@startrek.websiteEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      It sounded like OP wanted to install Proxmox on their main PC, which would imply using it as a daily driver desktop OS, which it isn’t.

      • umami_wasabi@lemmy.mlOP
        7·
        1 year ago

        It is not but more like a building block for my daily driver.

        I plan to use Proxmox VE to build a virtual infrastructure in one machine. It will have many VMs running and one of it would be my daily driver.

      • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        1 year ago

        It’s subpar, closed source, kernel module installing, type 2 virtualization that makes users believe VMs are slow, when in fact Type 1 hypervisors usually achieve near 98% efficiency. And too boot it means that open-source projects like virt-manager don’t get the usership they deserve and need to continue being maintained.

        There is legit not a single reason to use it on Linux, and there hasn’t been in well over a decade.

        • HumanPerson@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Wow I didn’t even know it was closed source. Thanks for pointing this out, I will definitely be getting virt-manager.

          • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            1 year ago

            It’s not entirely closed source, but the extension packs are. The other reason are the main one that should make you switch. Why use subpar software when there’s a better, trusted by the entire industry, alternative builtin already?

            • HumanPerson@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              I am already spinning up a Debian vm. I had a minor issue with file permissions but it it is working great now and is definitely faster than I remember virtualbox being. I am so glad I saw your comment and I would switch to this even if Richard Stallman himself wrote Virtualbox and all the extensions.

              • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
                3·
                1 year ago

                It’s also a whole lot more flexible. And will easily do full PCIe passthrough with some more advance configuration. virt-manager even works remotely over SSH if you have another machine you want to run your VMs on!