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Hope it works out for you. It's so much better than dual booting

Ah, I didn't know they did it only in the paid for version. Thanks for the info.

I highly recommend going the KVM/QEMU/libvirt route. It was relatively easy to get the GPU passthrough working. Again, I was lucky that I had a motherboard that would split the PCI lanes between the 2 connectors. I"ve also heard that ProxMox works well too.

I built my first computer (in 1978) based upon the z80 and the S100 bus. It was a tremendous learning experience designing and building boards for the system (lots of wire wrapping). Very fun times. I've still got my copy of "the Z80 microcomputer handbook" by Willian Barden Jr.

Sorry about the diversion.

Yea, I've start looking at new motherboards and want one with 2 16 lane pci slots (purchase would be a long time away yet). My current motherboard splits it into 8 and 8. Not that I've really noticed the difference between a 16x vs and 8x slot. Just getting a more modern GPU with more memory...

That's a clever idea.

Run the script you can find in the first article to display your iommu groupings. You should be able to see how things are laid out.

I would thinks so. I've come across articles on the web about people doing that. Here are some of the links I used when doing my system: https://github.com/ethannij/VFIO-GPU-PASSTHROUGH-KVM-GUIDE https://passthroughpo.st/using-evdev-passthrough-seamless-vm-input/ The first link is the best...

I've not kept up on the Intel processors so I don't know. Is the iGPU currently good enough for your normal computing? If so I think you'd be able to use it. How many cores do you have to work with. I've got an AMD 5950 so I've got 16 cores to play with. I just give Linux 8 and the VM 8.

I have and AM4 motherboard that MSI did a bios updated to be able to handle the AMD 5950x and I figured that'd be the route for me. Pickup another graphics card and dedicate half the cores to Linux and the other half to the VM. It all worked wonderfully well and 5950 isn't very far behind the...

I think it does. I, luckily, had a motherboard that allowed dual graphics cards (8 pci lanes to each) so I was able to get an extra card and pass it to the VM.

Do you have a motherboard capable of dual GPUs? I run Windows 11 in a kvm/qemu/libvirt VM and pass an AMD RX6800 to the VM. Really seems to get almost native performance (I can't tell the difference). My Linux side has an old Nvidia 1070. Not having to reboot to play a game is really quite...

Nope, just telling the truth. After the Windows 8 fiasco I decided to try Linux and found out that, except for gaming, it was perfectly adequate for all my general computing needs. It helped that I'd been using applications that are available under Windows and Linux. I dual booted for a few...

I've been using PS and Winget to remove the obvious AI things that I don't use (things like Copilot). I spend more time getting my games to run under Linux.

What if I told you all my computing, besides some games, is done under Linux.

Adding AI to a PC is not something that would make me want to buy said PC. In fact, I'd be looking for ways to disable/delete it before I'd buy the device.

I never use the Windows key so I've disabled it with SharpKeys.

That was done years ago. I do remap the same keys under Linux!.

I switch to Canon inkjet printers that used dye inks as opposed to pigment inks. Pigment ink cartridges always seemed to clog for me if I didn't print a lot. After switching to dye based printers I didn't have the same clogging problem. The issue with dye inks is that they usually fade faster...

I think inkjet cartridges have had DRM longer ago than that.

Yep, I came across this problem and their manual fix did work for me. I'd think you could fix it with a bootable third party partition manager.

I switched to Affinity Photo when Adobe went to the subscription model. At the time it was on sale and at $25 it was an easy purchase. It really does every thing I need (photo editing). I just don't like Gimp's UI.

Um, I don't have to sign into a Microsoft account to run Windows 11. Maybe because I did an upgrade as opposed to a clean install? Don't know.

Yep, that's what I do. I've got a motherboard that allows multiple graphics cards so I've allocated 1 card for the Windows VM and the other card for Linux. It works very well. GPU passthrough works great with KVM/QEMU/libvirt handling the VM.

ExplorerPatcher basically brings back the old style taskbar. I've been using it for months and have had no problems with it.

Yes! I eventually upgrade my system to run CP/M, had 64K RAM dual 8 inch floppy drives.

Nope, I just wanted to build my own computer. After looking at the 6502 used in the Apple II, the 8080 in the Imsai, and the Zilog z80, I decided on building an s100 bus system with the z80. I ended up wire wrapping most of the cards. Was quite fun.

No thank you. There's nothing that this does that makes me want to purchase it, even if it was in the couple hundred dollar range. Also, I've pretty much avoided Apple products since their start. (yes I'm that old!).

I already did (a few months after Win 8.0 was introduced). I still have a Windows VM though.

Eh, I already remap 3 keys on my key board so what's one more.

Eh, I was bored with it by the third episode so I stopped watching it.

I might be interested in AI when it could be hosted on a machine on my local network. No subscriptions and no requirement for a external account (like a Microsoft account). The only time the AI should access the internet is when I told it to.

I avoided systemd from the start of my use of Linux. It just seem so against the standard unix philosophy. I used Devuan Linux for a few years then switched to MX Linux. I tried systemd with MX Linux (accidentally enabled it!) but it had an issue with my Windows VM that I didn't like. It...

My experience with Linux is quite different than yours. Windows 8.0 was so bad that I started dual booting with Linux and eventually moved my Windows partition to a VM. The majority of the applications I used regularly under Windows are also available on Linux (Libre Office, Thunderbird, VLC...

Yep, GPU pass through works great. I've been running windows in a VM with GPU pass through for a couple years now and haven't had any problems running AAA games.

I only brought up the low power angle is because most of the x86 vs ARM comparisons I've come across online always bring it up. I've actually done a number of ARM projects for the last company I worked for (now retired) so I'm at least familiar with its' architecture. It's perfectly adequate...

For me, an ARM PC would be of no interest. I'm not a laptop guy so I'm not power sensitive. Since retiring, my biggest concern is backwards compatibility (games, games and more games!). The ARM PC would need to run all my old games and applications at basically the same speed of my AMD PC.

I could see an ARM PC if I was only browsing, doing emails and word processing but I have way too many games to want to switch to an ARM CPU. I also hardly ever use a laptop so the energy efficiency of an ARM has no relevance to me.

The logical basis for not wanting a soldered in SSD is the inability to upgrade. I've upgraded my SSD twice since I built my main PC. Started with a 512GB SSD to a 1TB SSD and then to a 2TB SSD. Heck, I've also upgraded the drive I have in my, relatively old, laptop.