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Biggest problem for me is that it's too big of an issue to try and get my (Blizzard) games to work on Linux. Yes, it's possible - and I have done it before - bu
by EtienneK 10y ago
Biggest problem for me is that it's too big of an issue to try and get my (Blizzard) games to work on Linux. Yes, it's possible - and I have done it before - but it's just so much easier with macOS.
macOS gives me that good balance between Windows (for play) and Linux (for work).
- chx 10y agoIncreasingly the solution is vfio: have a gaming video card in the system and pass it on to a Windows VM exclusively. So Linux runs on Intel IGP which is fairly painless and the game gets a powerful videocard.
- jjn2009 10y agoThis works surprisingly well. I have a xeon chip which probably helps but its great to have this flexibility
- chx 10y agoThe abundance of cheap older Xeons also help. You can get an Intel board, 128GB DDR3 ECC RAM, two 2670 Xeons (SR0KX stepping which fixes VT-d) for $580 altogether either separately off eBay or in one kit from natex. That's an excellent base for such a development - gaming machine. And now there's even a decent yet cheap SSI EEB chassis, the Phanteks Enthoo Pro for only $100. (Nope, Rosewill cases do not count as decent, sorry.)