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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just work? Maybe. Performance? Not great.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I guess that depends on what we are using it for. I use it for CAD / CAM software that only works in Windows (Vectric Aspire). Nothing else has been able to give me 3d previews with any kind of usable performance.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Virtualbox is not a type I hypervisor. You will get better performance in KVM. Just enable GPU acceleration.

If it is working for great but its lacking many features and isn't native.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I've never been able to get GPU acceleration working in qemu/kvm. That's also why the "just works" aspect of virtual box is important.