casterle Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I've finally reached the end of my rope with MS arrogance and am seriously looking at Linux. I'm a retired dev and have been using Windows since 3.1.something-or-other, and writing code for it since Win95; this isn't a decision I will make lightly. The only thing that might stop me in my tracks is the Affinity trio - it doesn't matter if there are alternatives, I must be able to run Affinity Photo (etc.) close to as well as they do natively on Windows (which I considered very good way back in 1.5). My hardware: ASUS Crosshair VIII Formula Ryzen 9 3950X 64GB RAM (I can double that if needed) M.2/pcie4 NVME SSD, 2080Ti w/11GB ASUS RTX-2080 Ti (11 GB) I haven't installed a distro yet, but I understand I can install my licensed copy of Windows in VM's on Ubuntu and install/run Windows programs well. I've seen many comments about running the Affinity software under Wine, but no discussions about running in licensed VM's. Given my hardware, can I do what I want? TIA! Quote Windows 11 Pro, XP-Pen Deco 03, AP, AD & APub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrym Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 If your going to run a licensed copy of MSOS anyway VM or not what's the point? Mark Ingram 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Ingram Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 We don't offer support for running the applications under a VM, and as @harrym has mentioned, you would still need to licence the operating system from Microsoft. Chris B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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