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The road to Nitrux 2.0 — Bring the big guns, VMetal + improvements to znx (medium.com)

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

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I didn't want to editorialize the title, the linked article is an old post. But with the Nitrux 2.9.1 launch, I wanted to bring a bit of light into how VMetal works.

Short summary:

VMetal allows users to run Windows in parallel to Nitrux with the aim to provide users of access to Windows software meanwhile they can still use their Linux desktop at the same time.

VMetal is not a wrapper or a compatibility layer; it makes use of QEMU and KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) on the software side and of VFIO and IOMMU on the hardware side, meaning that Windows is accessing directly the hardware that it utilizes.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is it. Hate just links touting something without even a simple summary

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks form the suggestion, edited the OP.

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

What exactly is nitrux for though? I'm guessing it's aiming to be the next Ubuntu in being an easy to use works out of the box distro?

What sets vmetal apart from virt-manager and other KVM VM tools?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

do you use it? the znx stuff looks interesting,

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

Nope, I just don't like point release distros for my desktop PC. BUT, I drool over this distro aiming at making an easy to use VFIO solution.

I want to use the latest Photoshop's Generative Fill feature, and another software (specific to the company I work at) on Linux.

As an added bonus, games not yet compatible with Proton? Yes please.