Virtualizing Windows-10 from manjaro.

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#1

Hi, I'm very new to Manjaro and Linux as a whole, I've had some experience installing and using Manjaro in secondary system of mine, and now would like to try a setup in my main machine.

The problem is I would still probably need windows for a lot of my uses, probably not for working, but to do some gaming, and maybe some software not supported by linux, so I thought about virtualizing Windows-10 inside Manjaro.
I've had experience with virtualization software in this machine (windows) and it went quite well. The problem is: all my files are split between two drives, one SSD containing Windows-10, and some other core files, and a HDD containing bigger/less important files.
My questions are:

  • If I do install linux (and remove windows, no dual boot) and then use some virtualization software withing manjaro, such as KVM or VirtualBox, to run Windows-10, will I be able to use all my windows files in there?
  • Would I have to pass all them to a single drive, then format it with linux's file system and virtualize a drive?
  • Is manjaro even well suited for this type of stuff? Would the virtual machine run appropriately?

Thank you very much in advance, and sorry for anything.

#2

Depending on your games you may want to keep a dual-boot system. I am not a gamer but graphic performance is not great using virtualbox.

You could take a peek at our guide to dual-boot

It is difficult to give an usable answer on how to proceed.

However you choose to run Windows - Windows is limited to the Windows filesystems - but it is easy to share your home folder with the virtual machine - thus changing the boundary to the filesystems Linux can read :slight_smile:

But I am - reasonably - sure you will be disappointed with your gaming experience - unless you choose games which can be run using Wine or even created with Linux in mind - again I am not suited for having an opinion on gaming.

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#3

Thank you very much, I'll take a look at the dual boot.

#4

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