• @Damage
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    57 months ago

    I’ve just converted my last Windows PC, meaning my gaming desktop, to Linux, now I need to figure out how to run SOLIDWORKS on it … thinking a VM with GPU passthrough, but I’m a bit scared of the endeavor, despite having been a regular Linux user for I guess almost two decades.

      • @Damage
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        27 months ago

        Eh good luck with that. SOLIDWORKS sits firmly at the GARBAGE rating on the Wine AppDB

        • @Mio@feddit.nu
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          17 months ago

          SOLIDWORKS sounds like it works perfectly, or it is not living up to its name and you should get a refund.

          Use RDP apps to the cloud or something.

      • @Damage
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        17 months ago

        No, I haven’t. Would that make any difference? It’s not a game

        • prole
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          17 months ago

          Perhaps I have misunderstood, but I thought there were some cases where you could use it for applications that aren’t games.

          But there’s a good possibility that I’m wrong.

    • @Galaxy@lemm.ee
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      17 months ago

      I am using a 20gbps ssd with windows to go on it for my windows install so that when I plug in the ssd I boot to windows and when I restart and unplug I boot to linux, might be a solution for you?

      • @Damage
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        47 months ago

        I have kept windows on a separate ssd, but I find dual booting very disruptive, I don’t want to reboot to change between tasks, I’ve tried it already in the past and it sucks.

        • @OrgunDonor@lemmy.world
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          47 months ago

          This is why I am unfortunately back on windows. I use a couple programs everyday, and unfortunately they do not run on Linux. And there is not a usable alternative either.

          I was rebooting to windows, doing what I had to, and then rebooting again. But it is just so disruptive and not user friendly.

          • @BURN@lemmy.world
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            37 months ago

            This ^

            I’ve tried dual booting multiple times over the last few years, but always end up with windows as the primary because restarting my computer 6+ times a day got so disruptive. Until the windows only software moves I’m going to be on Windows.

          • SirStumps
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            17 months ago

            Have you tried creating a windows VM inside of Linux?

      • SirStumps
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        17 months ago

        I haven’t tried side loading windows to be fair. I was trying to move away completely from the windows environment.

      • @Damage
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        17 months ago

        CAD/CAM, I design 3d parts with it