Ask HN: Those who run mainly Linux and game on Windows, what's your setup like?

1 x PC

1 x GPU

2 x SSD

1 x Windows 10 host OS (SSD 1)

1 x Windows 10 guest OS (SSD 1)

1 x Arch Linux guest OS (SSD 2)

My limited gaming is on the Win host, I do my dev in the Arch guest, and I do general BS in the Win guest. The Arch guest is using SSD 2 as a physical disk whereas the Win guest has a small virtual disk on SSD 1. I was experimenting with being able to run the Arch install as a 'native' boot while still being able to use it as a VM but I never finished setting that up - would be nice, as Hyper V GPU acceleration doesn't/didn't seem to exist and it's noticeable on my 4K screen.

There's a couple of other misc VMs set up, like Debian and a development-oriented Win 10, but I use those much less.

I wanted to try the VFIO stuff but the anti-cheat problems were off putting and I ultimately lacked the gusto.

WSL2 solves everything!

Not exactly your target for the question, but thanks to Proton I have fully switched to linux for both productivity and gaming. Other than a few games with invasive kernel-level anti-cheat, I have been able to get every game in my Steam library working well with minimal effort.

I run separate devices. I want my linux systems up most of the time, while my gaming or work devices only run when i want something fast. I stopped using dual boot, as it's a hassle with data, backup etc. Also they heat up the room way faster then my linux devices. I only backup my notebooks, Desktops store the work data on the NAS directly.

Hardware, mostly on:

- 4 NAS (2 QNAP, 2 Synology) for multimedia, filestorage and backup

- Rasperry with Home-Assistant

- Linux Webserver on a Mac Mini

- OPNsense firewall on a passive cooled MiniPC

- Mostly wired 1gbit Ethernet

Hardware, on when used:

- Mac Notebook

- 3 Gaming Rigs / Work PC

- 4K-Beamer connected to 2 of the PC's

- Meta Quest 3, sometimes used as a screen for the second pc or for VR (VRDesktop)

Software:

- Home-Assistant to Boot devices that are locked away and sometimes shut-down.

- Rustdesk on all devices with a GUI, Steam for game streaming

- Syncthing to replicate my 3TB Data on 2 NAS and my Notebook

- xBrowserSync, Bitwarden for Browser Data Sync

Notes:

Streaming works well except for 4k Resolutions. VRDesktop is very good even with larger resolutions.

My main desktop has two separate nvme drives in it, one with just Windows, one with just Linux (Pop). I haven't booted my windows drive but twice in the past couple years though, and need to reinstall (insiders build kept too long between updates). Most things just work in Steam.

I've got a mini pc coming this weekend with the intent to run ChimeraOS for a livingroom/emulation computer. I have other computers around doing other things.