Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to Games@hexbear.netEnglish · 28 days agoI'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktopwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1112cross-posted to: linux@programming.devlinux@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.onlinepcmasterrace@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.zippcgaming@lemmy.calinuxfurs@pawb.socialhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.selinux_gaming@lemmit.online
arrow-up1112external-linkI'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktopwww.pcgamer.comChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to Games@hexbear.netEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: linux@programming.devlinux@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.onlinepcmasterrace@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.zippcgaming@lemmy.calinuxfurs@pawb.socialhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.selinux_gaming@lemmit.online
minus-squareInui [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·28 days agoHow about Winboat? Its just a Windows VM with less hassle. I use it for all the office apps.
minus-squareTheSpectreOfGay [hy/hym, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·28 days agoi’ll look into it, ty! though im not sure how it’ll run with my drawing tablet and such
minus-squareinsurgentrat [she/her, it/its]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·28 days agoNever used wineboat but something to be aware of is VMs usually can interact with peripherals natively (as if they were the host computer) but this is almost always disabled by default as people usually use VMs to isolate stuff. So you may need to adjust options
How about Winboat? Its just a Windows VM with less hassle. I use it for all the office apps.
i’ll look into it, ty! though im not sure how it’ll run with my drawing tablet and such
Never used wineboat but something to be aware of is VMs usually can interact with peripherals natively (as if they were the host computer) but this is almost always disabled by default as people usually use VMs to isolate stuff.
So you may need to adjust options