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Getting a new hard drive - Running Linux/Windows in a Virtual Machine

rated 0 times [ 2] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 654 / 2 Years ago, tue, september 20, 2022, 3:34:28

I don't want this to turn into an argument about linux/windows. Please try to answer this objectively

I'm getting a new hard drive today and my current setup (on this machine) is running Windows with Linux in a VirtualBox virtual machine. I am wondering if I could achieve better performance/compatibility if I ran Linux with Windows in a virtual machine, as there are some Ubuntu features that do NOT work in a virtual machine (such as playing fullscreen games). Are there some Windows features that would NOT work if I ran Windows in a virtual machine? Which setup is better? Running Linux in a virtual machine; or Windows in a virtual machine?

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answered 2 Years ago irtuallyefu · Accepted Answer

Actually, neither is better.

Either way you twist it, running in a virtual machine gives a serious performance and feature penalty for either OS, and for the native OS it also steals resources. Your best bet is to dual boot, and only when you have to, run either one in a virtual machine on the other.