Hey Guys.

After a month of dual boot with OpenSuse, I think it’s time to switch fully and use a Virtual Machine for Windows 10. I think I will settle for Debian 12 stable since I prefer Flatpaks for almost everything anyway. Tested it a little in virt manager and liked it better than Suse. But I’m not 100% sure about it. I have some questions:

  • I plan to buy a Nvidia card in the near future because I use my PC a lot for 3D art and AMD is simply not there when it comes to rendering time. So another AMD card is not a option for me. But I heard a lot of bad stuff about Nvidia and Wayland not going well together in older drivers. Is Debian 12 “new” enough for the better driver support or will it be a headache?

  • I have not much experience with virtual machines. Can I later move my Windows VM to another SSD?

  • I used the debian network installer in my test vm, is there a option to enable non-free stuff from the very beginning? Or are there better installation methods?

Thanks in advance 🙂

  • HumanPerson
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    1 year ago

    Nvidia drivers are fine for x11, kinda borked on wayland in my experience. I don’t see a reason you couldn’t move windows to another ssd, but it may want you to reactivate or just not work because windows can be like that. Non-free firmware should be enabled ootb so you should at least have wireless drivers to get other non-free stuff without too much hassle.