Re: WINE vs Virtual Machine for Windows app on Buster
Thank you Nate. That is quite informative. In my case there is no need to share files over a network, though some data may be required to be stored in the local machine. Trips On Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 6:27 PM Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2020 27 Jun 05:48 -0500, manish tripathi wrote: > > Thank you for the responses. I was looking for a general purpose > > solution...I can safely assume that VM soln may mostly work, while the > same > > may not be guaranteed with use of WINE. > > IME, Qemu has various issues with Windows guests, such things as the > mouse cursor not being able to go to certain desktop edges after a time > of running. I found VirtualBox was much better suited for Windows > guests but VB is not a part of Buster or Bullseye in the main > repositories so I had to install the packages made available by Lucas > Nussbaum for Buster: https://people.debian.org/~lucas/virtualbox-buster/ > > > Can one also explain about the malware that may impact my Linux/Buster, > in > > case I use a VM for running my Windows app and what can I do to minimise > > such impact. > > Someone may have better information, but it seems to me that the VM is > rather well sandboxed whether Qemu or VB. If there are shared folders > then malware could have access to those files and the network. > Certainly, anything/everything in the VM could be compromised. > VirtualBox has the feature of snapshots so that a VM could be rolled > back to a known (suspected?) good state. > > - Nate > > -- > > "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." > > Web: https://www.n0nb.us > Projects: https://github.com/N0NB > GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 > >
Re: WINE vs Virtual Machine for Windows app on Buster
Thank you for the responses. I was looking for a general purpose solution...I can safely assume that VM soln may mostly work, while the same may not be guaranteed with use of WINE. Can one also explain about the malware that may impact my Linux/Buster, in case I use a VM for running my Windows app and what can I do to minimise such impact. Many thanks. Trips On Sat, Jun 27, 2020, 3:26 PM wrote: > Hi, > > 27 juin 2020 à 10:58 de manishtr...@gmail.com: > > > Can someone advise if a VM is a better option than using WINE, to run a > application built on Windows OS on Debian/Buster. Open to other suggestions > as well. > > > Nate's already given the gist but I think you should clarify whether your > question is general (any Windows-compatible application) or not (specific > application). > > Clearly, if your question is general there is no definitive answer. You > won't have any guarantee of success because it depends on a lot of factors > and on your expectations/tolerance about your experience. The cost (Windows > guest OS licence) and security (compartmentalization) aspects are not the > same as well! > > If your question is rather specific, so you have an application in mind > and you should tell us about its name at least so investigation/user > feedbacks could be possible. > Here is a good start regarding Wine compatibility: > https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&sTitle=Browse > Applications&sOrderBy=appName&bAscending=true > > Best regards, > l0f4r0 > >
WINE vs Virtual Machine for Windows app on Buster
Can someone advise if a VM is a better option than using WINE, to run a application built on Windows OS on Debian/Buster. Open to other suggestions as well. Thanks Trips
