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rather than displace mainstream os's what id rather have is some way to easily switch os depending on my task, gaming? windows, anything else? linux (for now),

rather than displace mainstream os's what id rather have is some way to easily switch os depending on my task, gaming? windows, anything else? linux (for now), and have that run directly on the hardware with little interference... like a meta task switcher os. someone is going to come on here and tell me we already have this (i hope). ive been out of computing for so long i dont know if this reliably exists, but back in the day this is what i would have wished for.

globalnode 2y ago
and since i dont trust windows to host my work os securely, and performance of games would be abysmal with the hosting roles reversed, what i really need is 2 boxes and a kvm switch!. the question now becomes, are there physical systems that turn on and off at the same time... i.e. share a psu but host different os's! suppose i could build my own am i looking at building a rack mounted system? heh, think i just found a project for myself. 1 psu, 1 gpu (for gaming), 1 kb/monitor, 2 hdd, 2 motherboards, 1 kvm switch, build my own rack out of wood, done! so the only extra cost really should be the 2nd motherboard and the kvm switch.
- paholg 2y ago
  You can avoid the kvm with a cheap USB switch and software. https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch
  - globalnode 2y ago
    I was actually starting to think about how I could make a KVM due to the costs but this link looks really interesting. Just have a PC and a work laptop and switch between the two. Thank you!
ksp-atlas 2y ago
A hypervisor does what you want, though note that the low level ones that run as the OS are generally geared towards servers, not desktops
- globalnode 2y ago
  You're talking about a type 1 hypervisor from what I've just read. Linux KVM/QEMU looks interesting. Do you think win 11 would work at near native speeds under this?
  - fsflover 2y ago
    AFAIK it works reasonably well under Qubes OS with a relatively simple installation.

globalnode 2y ago

and since i dont trust windows to host my work os securely, and performance of games would be abysmal with the hosting roles reversed, what i really need is 2 boxes and a kvm switch!. the question now becomes, are there physical systems that turn on and off at the same time... i.e. share a psu but host different os's! suppose i could build my own am i looking at building a rack mounted system? heh, think i just found a project for myself. 1 psu, 1 gpu (for gaming), 1 kb/monitor, 2 hdd, 2 motherboards, 1 kvm switch, build my own rack out of wood, done! so the only extra cost really should be the 2nd motherboard and the kvm switch.

paholg 2y ago
You can avoid the kvm with a cheap USB switch and software. https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch https://github.com/haimgel/display-switch
- globalnode 2y ago
  I was actually starting to think about how I could make a KVM due to the costs but this link looks really interesting. Just have a PC and a work laptop and switch between the two. Thank you!

ksp-atlas 2y ago

A hypervisor does what you want, though note that the low level ones that run as the OS are generally geared towards servers, not desktops

globalnode 2y ago
You're talking about a type 1 hypervisor from what I've just read. Linux KVM/QEMU looks interesting. Do you think win 11 would work at near native speeds under this?
- fsflover 2y ago
  AFAIK it works reasonably well under Qubes OS with a relatively simple installation.