Hi,
> I use VirtualBox only on the compute of a customer that requires me to work on his Windows PC. > VirtualBox is my preferred solution to work with Linux on a Windows machine. For me, Debian Bookworm KDE with Wayland runs well as a guest in VirtualBox on Windows. On Tuesday, 10-12-2024 at 00:59 Dominique Dumont wrote: > On Sunday, 8 December 2024 23:40:36 CET George at Clug wrote: > > Are you going to use Virtual Box on a number of different physical > > computers? > > No. I use VirtualBox only on the compute of a customer that requires me to > work on his Windows PC. VirtualBox is my preferred solution to work with Linux > on a Windows machine. Requirements: 1) Windows host 2) Windows host with Nvidia available 3) Commerical environment but wanting to use free solutions (Y/N) 4) Guest will be KDE Plasma 6.2 with Wayland (is Wayland a requirement?) 5) Unknown which, if any particular program/s is/are required to be run in the Debian guest. VMware Player is no longer available as a supported option. KVM/QEMU only runs on Linux VirtualBox is only free if not using VirtualBox Extension Pack, but I doubt you need this. The free to use VirtualBox does come with "VirtualBox Guest Additions" for linux (selected from menu) So I would agree, VirtualBox sounds like your best solution. On a Windows 10 PC, (i5 with Nvidia 970), I installed VirtualBox 7.1.4, creaated a VM, with 'Enable 3d Acceleration', installed Debian Bookworm KDE, logged in using Wayland session, installed the "VirtualBox Guest Additions" for linux, then installed glmark2-wayland whose score was 130. I think it might be a bit unstable in KDE I disabled in "Activity Power Settings" the settings for 'Never turn off the screen' and 'Never shut down the computer or let it go to sleep'. For me, Debian Bookworm KDE with Wayland runs well as a guest in VirtualBox on Windows. I have not tried SID as yet. George. $ env | grep -E -i 'x11|xorg|wayland|plasma' DESKTOP_SESSION=plasmawayland XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0 PLASMA_USE_QT_SCALING=1 QT_WAYLAND_FORCE_DPI=96 $ lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E '(3D|VGA)' 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: VMware SVGA II Adapter Subsystem: VMware SVGA II Adapter Kernel driver in use: vmwgfx Kernel modules: vmwgfx # apt install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r) In KDE, I copied the VBoxLinuxAdditions.run from the ISO image to the user's Downloads folder, in terminal changed into that folder and as root, ran: # apt install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r) # chmod +x VBoxLinuxAdditions.run # ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run > > > Sorry, I was not clear, "What physical video card/s are in the host (the > > computer acting as the hypervisor) ?" I am not asking about the guest's > > virtual video device. > > It's a dual card with Intel UHD graphics and Nvidia Quatro T2000. > > > I hope you have success in your efforts, whether you stay VirtualBox or > > change to KVM/QEMU. Please let us know if you do. > > As the guest Pc runs Windows, I cannot try kvm/qemu. It has been a while since I used VMware Player or VMware Workstation for business. However since the Host has Nvidia, I would personally opt for VMware Workstation to run a 3D guest virtual machine. What is best and what is available change with time. What is best today, might not even be available tomorrow, but we can only go on what is best now, with some understanding on what is possible in the future. I do not have current experience with VirtualBox. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware_Workstation_Player VMware Workstation Player was discontinued in May 2024 when VMware Workstation Pro became free for personal use. The below link is information for Linux hosts. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/X11Guest3D General info, I think? https://www.xda-developers.com/how-use-gpu-virtualbox/ > > All the best > > > > > >
