I’m feeling more tired about Windows, and the reason I haven’t switched yet to Linux is because I need some programs that only exist on Windows. But, at this point, I’m focusing on ditching these programs and finding alternatives for them…

Last year, I experienced Linux Mint, but, at least on my PC, it feels clunky when I need to do some little video editions and I found it more stable on Windows.

However, I’m going to try again Linux distros with a virtual box, but I’m a little “”“scared”“” to move on again to Linux Mint since my last experience with editing videos.

I don’t need an extremely powerful program to make these editions. Olive, or something like that, suits me perfectly. So, in your opinion, which distro should I try on one virtual box for my daily use for these purposes?

Making a dual boot, from your point of view, is problematic? I see so many different opinions about dual boot, but at this time, I don’t know what to think.

My pc

  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2100GE with Radeon veja graphics

  • RAM: 8gb

      • sleep_deprived@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        My experience with single GPU passthrough on Proxmox to a media VM was pretty positive, especially for it being an old Nvidia card. Even as someone doing it for the first time, it just took about 10 minutes to figure out the passthrough itself and another ~15 to figure out some driver issues. And it’s worked perfectly since then. All in all much better than what I’d expected.

        • atzanteol@sh.itjust.works
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          9 months ago

          And your hardware supports it. It’s still a recent-enough thing that not all hardware does. My old laptop with a 1070 nVidia does not, for example. Sure it’s not a new machine, but it’s also not that old and is the sort of thing a self-hoster would typically be using as a makeshift server. My other systems are even older…

          • sleep_deprived@lemmy.world
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            9 months ago

            The GPU I used is actually a 1080, with a (rapidly declining in usefulness) Intel 4690k. But I suppose laptop vs desktop can certainly make all the difference. What I really want is GPU virtualization, which I’ve heard AMD supports, but I’m not about to buy a new GPU when what I’ve got works fine.

      • Miss Brainfarts@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 months ago

        That’s the case with proper hardware passthrough either way. Just wanted to make it clear that running a VM doesn’t automatically bring the need for two GPUs

    • SheeEttin@programming.devEnglish
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      9 months ago

      And integrated GPU counts, so you could use the integrated one for the host and a discrete card for the guest.

    • Regalia@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      What I said especially applies for single GPU passthrough, minus the two GPU part, I say that because I’ve done that on Desktop.

      Single GPU passthrough (for me) was a journey of misery where a series of bash scripts with crude busyloop synchronization kept me from having no display output and needing to restart my system to test my changes again.

      It’s probably the last thing I’d recommend for someone who wants something that works, unless you know something I don’t.