You might boot laptops straight into a cloud OS in the future

  • sylverstream@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    My issue with Linux is that I run certain software that’s only available on Windows. E.g. I edit video in Cyberlink. I have many old projects which I still need to be able to open, so can’t use a Linux one. Also for my work I need to use Windows Desktop Client for AVD’s which I believe is only available for Windows. I’ve tried dual booting, but then I would just stick with Windows where I can do everything I need.

    That being said, I’m not married to Windows, so if there is an easy solution for this, I’d be keen to explore.

    • Nicbudd@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      I think the easier solution is to install Windows in a VM in Linux. You can then isolate the software you need to run in Windows. Unfortunately performance will be slower than Windows running natively, but you get to stay in Linux for the most part, and have less tracking.

      Alternatively if you can manage to get it working, you can try running it in WINE, which emulates Windows system calls so you can run Windows executables right on Linux with little performance hit. A tool called Bottles makes it much easier in my opinion, so I recommend going for that.