You may wonder what’s wrong with this fellow (meaning me, the author). Has he completely lost his mind when he proposes a Linux virtual gaming machine? Before you discredit the idea, let me explain.
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Installing a Linux Mint 19 (Ubuntu 18.04) VM with VGA Passthrough
Introduction
Installing a Linux Mint 19 VM (or Ubuntu 18.04) with VGA passthrough is surprisingly straightforward. This tutorial follows the Running Windows 10 on Linux using KVM with VGA Passthrough almost step-by-step. I will therefore focus on what’s different from the above tutorial.
While booting the Linux Mint 19 life installation media (ISO) as a VM was easy, the installation of Linux Mint invariably ended with the following error:
The ‘grub-efi-amd64-signed’ package failed to install target/
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Windows 10 Virtual Machine Benchmarks
Benchmarking Performance of a Virtual Machine
I have run a number of benchmarks to document the performance of Windows 10 running as a virtual machine on Linux, in the hope other PC users will dive into the fascinating world of virtualization (VFIO).
Benchmarks are helpful in comparing one system with another, and one configuration with another. I use them to optimize my Windows 10 performance and to make sure that updates/upgrades haven’t produced unwanted side effects.
Continue reading “Windows 10 Virtual Machine Benchmarks”Low 2D Graphics Benchmark with Windows 10 (1803) KVM VM
Problem: bad 2D performance in Windows VM versus Windows on bare metal
For the past few months I noticed sluggish 2D graphics in my Windows 10 VM, something that hadn’t happened before. Below are the Passmark 8 results and comparisons between different configurations/releases:
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