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FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop HEADLINE: Turnkey virtual GPU dGPU virtualization of Linux and Windows DESCRIPTION: A turnkey (easy GUI setup) that uses virtual GPU su
by csdreamer7 10y ago
FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop
HEADLINE: Turnkey virtual GPU dGPU virtualization of Linux and Windows
DESCRIPTION: A turnkey (easy GUI setup) that uses virtual GPU support in driver to partition the GPU into multiple devices (or just two) where one can be shared with a Linux or Windows VM, on Windows this would allow dGPU (almost native DirectX 11 gaming) with only one graphics card (as well as on laptops). This would allow alot of Windows users to switch to Ubuntu as their main OS and only start a VM to use their privacy invading Win desktops to play games. Fedora is discussing something like this.
See this for more info. I realize proper vGPU support at the lower levels is a ways away, but so is 17.10 and 18.04 ;-)
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.10-vGPU-Experiment http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-4.1...
- vetinari 10y agoThis one is going to take a little bit of time, maybe even a hardware generation. Intel is working on their solution (Intel GVT), AMD's new Vega is supposed to support SR-IOV (which will require fixing bugs in mainboards and BIOSes), and Nvidia is still fighting against virtualization of the Geforge line.
- csdreamer7 10y ago> and Nvidia is still fighting against virtualization of the Geforge line. Fighting against it? That is the first I have ever heard of this. Do you have some links I can read about this?
- vetinari 10y agoNvidia drivers check if they are running in virtualized OS and refuse to install, if they detect it. You have to hide the hypervisor signature from the guest. On top of that, virtualization of the GPU, instead of passthrough, requires support in the driver on the host. There is no such driver for Nvidia.