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Windows Recall is secretly installed and enabled on non-Copilot+PCs (Privacy Nightmare) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Random123@fedia.io 6 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Does win10 vm run games well? (like power hungry games)

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 10 points 4 weeks ago

I don’t recommend going that direction. I think you’ll get better results with Proton and Proton-based solutions like Lutris and family.

[–] AceSLS@ani.social 9 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

With GPU passthrough you can get almost native performance. This requires 2 GPUs though (iGPU as second one should suffice), dunno about the input lag and stability though as I only have one GPU

Without it though? Not even worth trying

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone in a previous post said they did it with one GPU, using a script to handle the swap when they were done with the VM.

[–] AceSLS@ani.social 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's definitely possible but would make the host OS unusable while the VM is running afaik. Why not dual boot at that point?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

I believe it was brought up after the previous Windows update fuckup, so that's as good a reason as any. Some people don't want to reserve a partition just for Windows but still need/want to be able to use certain programs that aren't yet usable on Linux.

VMs safely contain Windows so it can't do anything to the host, and if you're playing a game on a Windows VM, you're probably not worried about using the host anyway. I've considered it myself, but I've done dual boot, and it's not worth having the training wheels, imo.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 weeks ago

Proton is a better option unless the game needs Anti-Cheat, which most won't work in a VM, anyway

Personally I dual boot Win10 LTSC with fake credentials and some privacy tweaks for games that need to be on windows

[–] Covenant@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

I've tested it, and while it does work, there are some issues:

The anti-cheat doesn't work for all games (delta force demo).
Sometimes i had strange sound glitches.
I had to use a second mouse. In certain games where you drag the camera (like Sins of a Solar Empire), the camera spins uncontrollably fast.
It's not as fast or responsive, but good enough.
Game Pass games don't run.

Because of these points, I still keep Windows 10 as a dual boot option.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I only play games that work native or via proton. I just use windows for the CAD programs that i need to use. I do gpu pass through and native for my host system idk how this would be for gaming tho.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

I have heard, though not tried, that GPU passthrough works for those diminishingly few problematic games where a certain anti-cheat is the sticking point.