Why install a linux distrubtion when you can just use it in a virtual machine? It's so lightweight that you can do that and still run windows...???
>>51814353
If you have Windows installed, what's the point in running Linux? Name one thing you can do on Linux that you can't on Windows...
>>51814374
post in desktop threads
>>51814353
VMs can't access GPU
>>51814374
TensorFlow doesn't does run in windows. And if you want to do parallel processing when training networks with your GPU a VM will not work. This is why I'm considering actually making a linux partition
>>51814374
Superior ricing
>>51814374
mount /media/windows10
rm -fR /media/windows10
sync
>>51814374
Anything that Microsoft doesn't want you to do.
>>51814393
The only correct answer.
is that a ruse
>>51814353
Why would I have installed Windows in the first place?
>>51814434
Why do you need GPU on linux if youre not playing games LOL
>>51814711
>parallel processing when training networks with your GPU a VM will not work
>reminder that MS was the first to go along with PRISM
No way in fuck is that shit touching any system in my house. I don't even game much anymore, and AMD is actually improving with driver development. Intel stuff is ok for me on this Libreboot X200
>>51814353
because you can still get viruses and keyloggers through the less secure os you're running the vm in
it literally does nothing for your security, unless you never use the os you're running the vm in, and if that's the case, why even have a vm at all?
>>51814851
so i can use all the superior propietary software and play games and then i can browse and by anonymouse and do hacking/programing stuff in linux
>>51814895
>and do hacking/programing stuff in linux
>>51814711
>gpus are for le vidya gaems!
You don't belong here, and you never will.
>>51815055
but they are. go into any professional business and youll notice every single one of them skimps out on the gpu. It's hilarious you nerds but gtv980's for your 30mb ram arch installations XD
>>51814374
Glorious process-level threads
>>51814374
Reading/writing to aext4 partition including various other filesystems
There is literally no reason to choose linux over windows unless you're running a dedicated server.
This is fact.
>>51815112
>what is CAD software
or i could just run windows in a VM
>>51816443
software that's unexistant on linux
>>51816462
and lose all your resources and not be able to play gaems :^)
>>51814711
Buying GTX cards for nongame purposes is dumb, but workstation GPUs have a purpose and there is nothing wrong with Linux users having them.
>>51814353
>I can install a distro in a VM and run it fullscreen
Nigger you just paid $59 in OEM costs to Microsoft to run Linux at a 5% slowdown.
>>51816479
but when people on /g/ screnfetch they all have gtx98's!! i dont understand anonymous...why do they do this!?!
>>51816517
i pirated it and paid nothing :^) updates have also been disabled on my windows 7 since sp1 so not botnet... i get the best of all worlds X)
>>51816477
>what is VGA passthrough
>>51816477
i only use windows for solidworks
>>51814374
You can't pretend to be a hacker because you use i3 and ranger.
>>51816551
>vgm passthrough
its exactly the same thing LOL
>>51816589
same thing as what?
>>51814374
kdenlive
>>51816469
Kek
>>51814353
why use a computer when you can shitpost from fridge?
>>51816632
>Name one thing you can do on Linux that you can't on Windows
>names the one thing Linux is objectively worse than any OS at doing
Even the fucking Amiga was better that video in any Linux distribution to date
why drive a car when horse does the same thing!
>>51817133
AND fertilizes your lawn!
>>51814353
Because I value the peace of mind that comes with not having to worry about os-crossing malware and bottlenecks over spending a few seconds of my day to reboot.
>>51814374
Use a tiling/composite window-manager. I know windows technically has these; but bug.n has obnoxiously non-intuitive shortcuts (that don't work half the time anyway) and win10's snap feature is so devoid of customization and autonomy that its hardly worth using. All other tiling wm I've tried seem to inevitably fall in one, or both of the above categories.
>be /g/-user who is in X field of work
>field of work requires X software, which is only on windows or mac
>there's Y software, but it does not meet the requirements X field of work requires
>either use Y software and only do so much of the work or use X software in a VM
either way what the fuck is the purpose?
>>51814374
Let's put it this way - MSYS Bash is complete crap, and the majority of open source libraries have build scripts that depend upon a working version of Bash. It is actually easier to cross-compile for Windows from Linux, than it is to compile natively on Windows.
Windows is a fine black box dependency on a selection of applications. But as an OS? No. I treat windows applications as I treat any java application, if I need it, I install the damn VM. If I don't, I save a lot of space and move on.
It is easier to have the usable OS as a base and then access the guest that the other way around.
Eg. Mounting ntfs under linux is a lot easier than mounting anything under windows.
Why run Windows on bare metal when I never use it? If I do need it, this is 2015, my CPU has VT-d. If I played gaymes I could pop in a GPU and dedicate it to the Windows VM
>>51816462
running anything in vm is like having sex with a condom. its not satisfying.
>>51814393
>implying
>>51814374
nice looking desktop
keybinds for everything
configurable and switchable window manager
tiling + gaps, configurable
zsh
urxvt
compositing
ext
>>51816469
rekt
>>51818910
i'd rather not reboot into windows just to do a bit of work
you don't need 100fps to do work in solidworks, and renderings like pictured work just as quick, since it's done on the cpu
i'd do VGA passthrough but i don't have the hardware for it right now (only have one gpu)
>>51816462
Wouldn't happen to have a good guide to setting up Xen passthrough would you?
>>51819613
see >>51819549
i've looked into it, but haven't done it due to only having one gpu
so i have no specific/current articles to link for you
>>51819634
also note that my screenshot is not something you can do with passthrough (that is, have windows in a window), because you're passing an entire gpu to the vm, so windows has complete control over it
the only way to view it in a window is via something like VNC, which scrapes the screen and sends it over a network
>>51819634
>>51819665
I know, but still want to do it. Have it a installed, but haven't finished the setup because it means I have to go find another DVI cable where ever I put them. And because the info out there on it is somewhat shit for setup.
because i want to actually get work done without the os doing whatever it wants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC4Mlhna6kE
>>51819634
was pic autodesk program or something else?
>>51819931
solidworks
>>51819942
it's a lot of $$$ isn't it senpai
>>51818910
When it's sex with the nsa it's better with condom
>>51819942
Any recommendation on a good starter CAD program, not really so much buy cost but friendly to learn on.
>>51819942
well, specifically the window in the forground is photoview 360, the fancy raytracing renderer that comes with solidworks
>>51819965
well... i mean, it's normally a lot of $,$$$
>>51819989
solidworks is pretty easy to start with, assuming you're after 3D
i tried autodesk inventor for a while, which was also alright
i've been meaning to give solidedge more of a try, it looks nice
don't have any 2D suggestions, also note that i'm not really a professional at this, i've just been self-teaching/learning thing as i go for the last couple years, drawing simple-ish contruction machinery for a friends' business (such as the pictured screenbox)
>>51817149
AND respects your FREEDOM, car has GPS horse doesn't.
>>51818879
can you do that with one monitor only or do you need two?
>>51819989
autocad is the industry standard for plans drawing
it is possible to get it for free from autodesk
>>51820095
you can use one monitor
most monitors have more than one input, so you can use both, one input per gpu, to use instead of a KVM, otherwise use a KVM, or worst case just physically swap cables
>>51820139
So I've heard, but would it hurt my brain to learn it for 3D printing or CNC milling?
>>51814374
Use your computer at a reasonable speed
Windowsfags don't seem to realise how fucking slow their OS is, it's the difference between an HDD and SSD
>>51820246
All of them might hurt your brain.
If you know you won't use it as your profession, might as well start with freecad and learn that. All tools take a while to get used to so might as well use the one which isn't OS dependent
>>51816589
Simon Cowell is looking rough these days
>>51817114
>Even the fucking Amiga was better
Implying the Amiga wasn't the best fucking computer ever made anyway, shit comparison.
>>51814353
Why install windows when you can vmware windows on your linux machine?
>>51814353
Because why would I want to run Windows?
>>51816518
>>51814353
Would you stop with your dumb retarded-ass way of writing? Go back to reddit
>>51814374
linux can run on 150 mb of ram
>>51814374
>>51814353
Superior development environment (seriously, the entire system is one)
Superior window managers
Free and open source, which I not only subjectively like the idea of, but has come in useful multiple times, especially as a developer
A good text shell. PowerShell is retarded because it introduces binary objects, and cygwin is... eh.
>>51816469
Underrated
>>51822908
It would if a CAD software as powerful as Siemens NX didn't have Linux support
