alt Hacker NewsHalf of my software don't work on Linux. My job also depends on running PE in a legitimate (read not Wine) environment - and I don't want to spend half of my RAM running VMs.
What should I do ?
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I had that problem about 20 years ago. I changed the job. I know that's an extreme position but to be tied to a steaming pile of crap is a career risk. I've seen people go down with ships in that way before and it scared me.
I know many people that access many different systems using remote desktop for this purpose.
I use qemu in a docker container for many Windows related things, partially because I don't want to keep a "real" Windows system running and partially because I don't want to let that OS run outside of a VM or container.
It depends on your security mindset and goals, but I think we're far into the world of VMs and containers all the way down.
With respect to memory, try it and see. Modern Linux is very good at memory management, since it powers the entire data center world. You can certainly overcommit memory with Docker containers easily without a problem.
One day I'm trying a modified Windows (bloat stripped) from team-os. And the difference is night and day. My old laptop finally can run Windows 10!
I wonder though if there are more open and trusted modified Windows being developed out there because trying random modified Windows in team-os is not getting me some confidence
If you have to use Windows, just grit your teeth and use it.
Thankfully I don't.
Multiple computers. I have an MBA for whenever I need to do a meeting or do online shopping. But my personal usage (95%) happens on openbsd. Work provides a MBP that only has work stuff and only opened between work hours.
I don't know if it's an option for you, but my workplace provides me with a Citrix VDI that I remote into from my BYOD Linux laptop. So I use the VDI for all the windows-only stuff, and everything else is web-based/has a PWA (like Teams, Outlook, Office etc), which works fine in Linux.