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NiHaoMike:

--- Quote from: chriva on May 14, 2020, 09:31:44 am --- I see many modern codecs that are not supported on that list...

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Like what? I see MPEG 4 ("classic" and AVC/H.264), H.265/HEVC, VP8, VP9, and even VC-1 (WMV) in the list.

jmelson:

--- Quote from: ajb on May 03, 2020, 11:33:08 pm ---First consideration is whether the software you want to run will work adequately under virtualization. I suspect windows applications are more likely to be picky about that than Linux applications, but it depends a lot on the specific software.  You may just have to try it and see.  If you have software that talks to specific USB hardware that may be a deal breaker.

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I run Linux as my main OS.  I have used virtual Windows environments for many years, first with VMWare, now with VirtualBox.  These work very well, and allow me to switch back and forth, or even have programs from both environments on the desktop at the same time.

I run Protel 99SE for electronic CAD and a tax perparation program every year in the virtual envoronment.  They run fine, in fact even better than on real hardware.

The only program I have ever had a problem with was a Garmin program to download new GPS data to a GPS device.  It would not run on a virtual environment with a specific message to that effect.

Jon

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