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> "It's saved me from having to install complex or insecure VMs..." Can you elaborate on this? My intuition is that running an application in a VM provides mor
by dstein64 10y ago
> "It's saved me from having to install complex or insecure VMs..."
Can you elaborate on this? My intuition is that running an application in a VM provides more security than in wine.
- nix0n 10y agoThe Linux root is more insulated if your application is in a VM, but running other Windows services broadens the attack surface.
- mark-r 10y agoAny problems running Linux in a VM then Wine within that?
- farjar 10y agoKind of negates the purpose of even using wine. If your running a windows machine to run a Linux VM then you might as well install straight to Windows and not deal with the underpowered VM
- Arnavion 10y ago>If your running a windows machine to run a Linux VM then you might as well install straight to Windows and not deal with the underpowered VM Given the context, I don't believe mark-r was talking about using a Windows host for the Linux VM.
- mark-r 10y agoRight, I was talking about Linux under Linux.
- shubb 10y agoAlso, last time I tried, the virtual graphics cards in the vm were much less powerful than a fully drivered up raw graphics card even on Linux, unless I was doing something wrong?
- mark-r 10y agoI assume Windows in the VM would have the same problem. I guess that would be the biggest reason for avoiding a VM, if you're trying to run a game.
- pimeys 10y agoThis has actually changed. A friend of mine plays all modern games with sometimes even better FPS using the PCI passthrough in QEMU[1], I have to say it's a pretty impressive setup and I've played Witcher 3 with Arch Linux + QEMU + Windows 7, solid 60fps with ultra graphics. [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVM...
- shubb 10y agoVery bookmarked!
- nix0n 10y agoI've never tried this, but I know that Wine doesn't use VT-x so I think it would work better than nested VMs. I don't know how much sandboxing Wine provides, so it might not be necessary to do this.
- mark-r 10y agoI was asking because the parent post seemed to be concerned about untrusted Windows binaries. A VM gives you the ultimate sandbox (even if it's not perfect).