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Any good tools for switching? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Are there any good tools for listing your current programs, maybe exporting settings etc. Listing hidden settings and save locations would be great too.

I'm about 90% ready to switch to Linux full time, and I want to make sure that I've got everything. I've got a horrible feeling that I'm missing something, but I can't think what it might be.

EDIT: Ironically, I forgot to mention my ADHD / memory issues. I could do with a tool like this because I forget about anything that I'm not currently using, or actively thinking about using soon >.<

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Setup a Windows virtual machine inside your Linux environment. Now you're not leaving Linux to get into your Windows environment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does Photoshop run properly in a VM? That's the most resource intensive program I use regularly

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I haven't found a program that gives me problems when I run it in a VM, but I haven't run Photoshop in it, and I only spool up my Windows VM a couple times a year.

Last time was to run some janky-ass software to program an oddball Chinese UHF radio that was unsupported by Chirp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do you mean, what do you think is so special about Photoshop? I play Starfield on Ultra on Windows inside Qemu/KVM virtual machine on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It tends to be one of the most regularly mentioned reasons for staying on Windows. It can't run natively, and whenever I've read about Photoshop in a VM, it's been from someone saying that the performance is awful.

Don't misunderstand me, this is one case where I'd love to be wrong. Photoshop is probably 99% of what's keeping me on the dark side. Being able to use it in Linux without a major performance penalty would be fantastic :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, if you run a non optimized VM everything will be slow. It took me few weeks at start to discover all optimisation options for qemu/kvm and then years of perfecting it to make it run very close to bare metal

Edit: the key is to pass through one of your graphic cards

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does that mean I need more than one graphics card? I've just got the one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends, does your CPU has already one?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It doesn't, no. I've got a micro ATX motherboard too, so no room for a second one there