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Finding a Safe Mac OS GPU for VMs

Tyson O'Ham — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:43:07 +0000

One of the most common questions we get is: "what gpu should I use for a Mac OS VM," and it's frankly a hard one to answer. Nvidia is essentially out of the question at this point, assuming you want to use a new release of their operating system, and new AMD cards don't work [...]

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oVirt Installation Guide

Angelos Kouratzinos — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 01:13:10 +0000

The KVM-based hypervisor space is maturing into versatile ecosystem. For example, a lot of options exist as far as front-ends go -- like Virt-Manager, or Proxmox. Each one with their own merits and disadvantages, fight for a segment of the market. Today We'll be trying a relatively new and somewhat obscure KVM Frontend: oVirt. [...]

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5 Things To Do Once You Have a Working Gaming VM

Angelos Kouratzinos — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 17:02:16 +0000

I've found that a lot of the time, people are so eager to get into their passthrough VMs once they finish setup, that they often forget to stop and make sure everything is working correctly. Read Also: Easy VFIO under $1,000 Hitting the ground running like this can make maintenance and optimization hard later, so [...]

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