Great content, bro. You inspired me to come back to Linux after 10 years. I just reinstalled my old Arch and been struggling for a month to get a working VFIO Single GPU passthrough and I couldn't be happier. I have bare metal performance in my VM and I can play while streaming inside Windows. It's nuts. Thank you!
Thats awesome! Super glad I can help and I'm psyched you've got a setup you're excited to use Also, I noticed you used "struggling for a month" and "couldn't be happier" in the same sentence. Very relatable
@@BlandManStudios Hahahah the harder the battle... To be honest I almost give up, I swear. Getting a PCI USB hub was key for me since I have an usb sound interface/mixer. With that in my setup I was able to achieve native sound performance. I also followed your recommendation regarding storage and got a M2 drive. I am tempted to boot the M2 drive just to make a benchmark and compare it to the VM. Maybe in the future, now I'm mentally drained and will enjoy this setup for a while. Thanks again, I hope to see your channel reach hundreds of thousands of subscribers soon!
@@thiscris_ Thanks!! Sounds like an awesome setup. Glad you're taking a break from the struggle to enjoy it I tried a program called Resplendence LatencyMon and found that my sound isn't "real time" even tho it's good enough for me. Maybe an external sound card is a solution for audio production in a VM. Maybe it's an opportunity for more content haha
@@BlandManStudios I don't know for sure if the performance it's the same as native, but it really feels like it. If you are hesitant to buy an external card maybe I can run some tests for you, I would be happy to help! Just let me know if you need that.
This is great! Thanks for your tutorials, can't wait to get the rest of the videos :) I will try an installation on a laptop to see the feasibility and performance if it works. Do you know if it is possible to use the laptop integrated screen for both host and guest OS without using an external screen plugged in HDMI?
Thanks! I haven't done this on a laptop yet. But one common solution is an HDMI "dummy plug" plugged into the GPU. This is like a fake external monitor plugged into the GPU. Then your can use LookingGlass to view what is going out of the dummy plug.
Just wondering why you went with Fedora? I am looking to build a new rig specifically to make heavy use of IOMMU (Hackintosh and Windows VMs). I had Fedora 34 on a old laptop and liked the stability and some defaults but the latest Manjaro feels a lot more stable than in the past. I am still early enough where I don't have to commit but so far I am deciding between running the VMs through a desktop setup such as Fedora/Manjaro or going through something like Proxmox.
Mostly went with fedora for my familiarity with redhat based distros I also feel like it sits in a good compromise between having the latest software and best stability Arch has the best documentation and the latest software. I bet Manjaro is like arch without some of the drawbacks Proxmox is probably worth a try too, but I haven't had the time to set it up
Thanks! Glad you're looking forward to the next parts! I do recommend fedora, but it's not a strong recommendation. Like you said there are many other great options. I think it's a good balance of stability, easy to use, easy to learn, easy to install and you still get recent software. So it's definitely not a bad place to start
I have tried fedora EVERYTHING, which comes with SELinux/apparmor preintsalled and it is a MESS. Passthrough becomes a pain. The extra layer of security makes everything harder, even though it definitely is a plus, more so when you get notified of exotic memory reads/writes when using VMs. You may try looking at it, many viewers may find it useful given it's becoming a standard.
I'm a little late to the party BUT I question the SELINUX layer installed in Fedora and prefer a Ubuntu-based distro like MINT where the QEMU/KVM packages installs really well.
I'm learning more about virtualization, but why do you prefer to use fedora than Kvm or Proxmox, they should be better, because use less cpu/ram than fedora dont it? I think it because fedora looks like a complete O.S meanwhile the kvm/proxmox it's just for to do it. Doing another comparing using fedora wouldn't be the same that use Windows to virtualizate too? Both are complete and "heavy" systems and it will not impact in the performance while gaming and doing another stuff?
![[tutorial] The Ultimate Linux Laptop for Gaming - feat. KVM and VFIO](/img/n.gif)
These four KVM / VFIO videos are the very best and the only ones that worked out for me, after many other unsuccessful trials.
Thank you so much man for your awesome content. 10/10 for the way you explain it so that anyone can understand regardless of their skill level.
@@castorel007 thanks for saying so! Glad its working for your skill level and good to know that is helpful for me to keep doing
Great content, bro. You inspired me to come back to Linux after 10 years. I just reinstalled my old Arch and been struggling for a month to get a working VFIO Single GPU passthrough and I couldn't be happier. I have bare metal performance in my VM and I can play while streaming inside Windows. It's nuts. Thank you!
Thats awesome! Super glad I can help and I'm psyched you've got a setup you're excited to use
Also, I noticed you used "struggling for a month" and "couldn't be happier" in the same sentence. Very relatable
@@BlandManStudios Hahahah the harder the battle... To be honest I almost give up, I swear. Getting a PCI USB hub was key for me since I have an usb sound interface/mixer. With that in my setup I was able to achieve native sound performance. I also followed your recommendation regarding storage and got a M2 drive. I am tempted to boot the M2 drive just to make a benchmark and compare it to the VM. Maybe in the future, now I'm mentally drained and will enjoy this setup for a while. Thanks again, I hope to see your channel reach hundreds of thousands of subscribers soon!
@@thiscris_ Thanks!! Sounds like an awesome setup. Glad you're taking a break from the struggle to enjoy it
I tried a program called Resplendence LatencyMon and found that my sound isn't "real time" even tho it's good enough for me. Maybe an external sound card is a solution for audio production in a VM. Maybe it's an opportunity for more content haha
@@BlandManStudios I don't know for sure if the performance it's the same as native, but it really feels like it. If you are hesitant to buy an external card maybe I can run some tests for you, I would be happy to help! Just let me know if you need that.
@@thiscris_ I think mines working well enough as is. But thanks for the offer!
This is great! Thanks for your tutorials, can't wait to get the rest of the videos :)
I will try an installation on a laptop to see the feasibility and performance if it works. Do you know if it is possible to use the laptop integrated screen for both host and guest OS without using an external screen plugged in HDMI?
Thanks!
I haven't done this on a laptop yet. But one common solution is an HDMI "dummy plug" plugged into the GPU. This is like a fake external monitor plugged into the GPU. Then your can use LookingGlass to view what is going out of the dummy plug.
Nice and straigh forward. Thx
Glad it was, thanks!
Just wondering why you went with Fedora? I am looking to build a new rig specifically to make heavy use of IOMMU (Hackintosh and Windows VMs). I had Fedora 34 on a old laptop and liked the stability and some defaults but the latest Manjaro feels a lot more stable than in the past. I am still early enough where I don't have to commit but so far I am deciding between running the VMs through a desktop setup such as Fedora/Manjaro or going through something like Proxmox.
Mostly went with fedora for my familiarity with redhat based distros
I also feel like it sits in a good compromise between having the latest software and best stability
Arch has the best documentation and the latest software. I bet Manjaro is like arch without some of the drawbacks
Proxmox is probably worth a try too, but I haven't had the time to set it up
nice video brooo! you really recomend fedora how a base linux? not something more light? like manjaro. Im waiting part3/4/5/6 xD
Thanks! Glad you're looking forward to the next parts!
I do recommend fedora, but it's not a strong recommendation. Like you said there are many other great options. I think it's a good balance of stability, easy to use, easy to learn, easy to install and you still get recent software. So it's definitely not a bad place to start
I have tried fedora EVERYTHING, which comes with SELinux/apparmor preintsalled and it is a MESS.
Passthrough becomes a pain. The extra layer of security makes everything harder, even though it definitely is a plus, more so when you get notified of exotic memory reads/writes when using VMs. You may try looking at it, many viewers may find it useful given it's becoming a standard.
Will ubuntu hae any effect on this process
Can i use any linux distro
In the next video I outlined what will be different on a different distro so you can use any one
But it will be easiest to follow along on Fedora
I'm a little late to the party BUT I question the SELINUX layer installed in Fedora and prefer a Ubuntu-based distro like MINT where the QEMU/KVM packages installs really well.
I'm learning more about virtualization, but why do you prefer to use fedora than Kvm or Proxmox, they should be better, because use less cpu/ram than fedora dont it? I think it because fedora looks like a complete O.S meanwhile the kvm/proxmox it's just for to do it. Doing another comparing using fedora wouldn't be the same that use Windows to virtualizate too? Both are complete and "heavy" systems and it will not impact in the performance while gaming and doing another stuff?