hey, here's a question for linux people. I know people run stuff in Wine and w/e, but I do in fact have a completely legal copy of Windows 10
How capable are VMs? Would I be able to, say, run Clip Studio in a VM with working tablet support, more or less identical to the native Windows experience? Would that require a massively power PC?
@ShugoWah it depends what you use for VMs
stuff like VMWare (Player) lets you basically steal USB ports from the host system, so tablet drivers act on windows as if you plugged them right in
overall, VMs don't take a ridiculous amount of power to run (because they usually aren't actually emulating anything), but they'll likely take a bit longer to boot than a native system depending on what else you're doing at the time
@ShugoWah oh! and graphics acceleration is sometimes kinda tricky
and without that, the interface won't be as fast
so that's a bit of a caveat that can cost a bit of extra effort sometimes
@thingywott Thank you!
@ShugoWah hey! no prob!
i really liked VMs, so i actually used them a lot both ways!
that said, i actually haven't used a windows 10 vm for an extended period of time, so i don't know how it compares to windows 8 (which ran quite nicely after it started!)
@ShugoWah i honestly haven't messed with VMs as generally if I did need something that was Windows only I rarely need it for long and can just use my old Win7 laptop. I'd guess it's viable since I know there are some developers who do the opposite with running Windows but having a VM for any Linux work they need to do
@sugar Thanks for the advice~
@ShugoWah I don't think there are any free VM software that let you pass through USB like you would need to have the tablet driver work inside the VM.
There is a tablet stack in the Linux world that, while referred to as Wacom support, supports a lot more tablet brands and is normalized over the udev interface. Krita uses it and I've heard it works fine. Wine probably supports Wintab and Windows Ink via it as well.
@shaderphantom Ah yeah I was surprised with how easily and effectively my tablet worked in Mint, I'm just not super keen on adding "learn a completely new illustration program" to the already steep learning curve of switching, haha
@ShugoWah If Wine can do Wintab and Windows Ink using the udev device, then CSP should work fine, is what I'm saying.
@ShugoWah FWIW though, I would consider keeping a Windows install handy anyway. Just reminding, any game with branded anti-cheat is likely to never work in Wine. Fortnite is a high profile example.
paging @sugar
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