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If you have the hardware for it, VFIO setups can be amazing. I've been running graphics accelerated Windows inside a VM for a few months now, and apart for some random crashes, it's perfect.

I've been using Capture One (lightroom alternative) and Affinity Photo 2 inside the VM and it's been great.

Haven't really tried video editing, but it might not be as great.



How exactly does graphic acceleration work when you run a VM? Do you need two graphic cards (one for the host, another for the guest)?

Edit: to contribute a little to the grandparent question - I have Windows on QEMU for the Office suite and it works pretty smoothly. I had to make some config changes, most of them outlined in these reddit threads:

https://www.reddit.com/r/qemu_kvm/comments/18z8609/qemu_wind...

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChromeOSFlex/comments/ucno4b/qemukv...

I also disabled animations in Windows settings because everything felt clunky.

No crashes, clipboard and shared folders work fine after installing guest tools.


Very good info, I am also planning to set something up over QEMU.




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