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Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by shivak »

andrewmackrodt wrote: post #30
inickt wrote: post #27

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Are you passing in a second GPU to the VM using VFIO? Otherwise I don't believe graphics will be accelerated.

Sadly no, my Ryzen doesn't have an iGPU and I only have the one dedicated GPU. VMware's software? acceleration is partially useful however, there are some bugs requiring disabling transparency in Windows but various Direct X programs run mostly acceptably. I find it the best performing of the 3 setups when using GPU passthrough is not available.

The first problem is rendering within the guest. If you only have one GPU, then GVT-g [1] virtualizes it with just a bit of overhead. But it's Intel only.

The second problem is getting those pixels onto your screen in the host. SPICE is not as fast as Looking Glass [2], which sets up a shared memory buffer between the host and guest. This has acceptable performance even for modern games.

The OP doesn't seem to utilize these techniques, so I don't think it can plausibly claim to have the fastest configuration - at least not yet.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Intel_GVT-g

[2] https://looking-glass.io

Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by Y_Y »

lelanthran wrote: post #10
sydthrowaway wrote: post #9

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What is this?

ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc

Won't someone take pity on Apple Computer?

In fact the company changed its name to just "Apple" back in 2007. So maybe this doesn't even count.

Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by codetrotter »

yebyen wrote: post #58
theknarf wrote: post #36

What does this solve that isn't already solved by Vagrant?

I didn't use this, but a similar/related project that is for MacOS as host OS, https://github.com/knazarov/homebrew-qemu-virgl Vagrant is an orthogonal tool to this, it is a VM orchestrator not an actual VM. What does this do: well, qemu doesn't have virgl support merged yet, so you need to go to some lengths to compile it for yourself. All of the other stuff (spice, virtio) is for "it should be a nice user experienc…

> I have this intense 25-lines "qemu" script for invoking qemu-system properly. It was enlightening but I'm not sure how much I was enriched by the process of actually figuring all this out.

Do you have your script posted publicly somewhere?

Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by coldacid »

GeekyBear wrote: post #60
password4321 wrote: post #54

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It does check SHA256 for Ubuntu images, but nothing else I could see. https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu/blob/af26f41440d63a0...

It seems to be grabbing the MacOS system recovery images straight off of Apple's servers.

Which, without some form of certificate pinning, could still be MITM'd. At least if there's a catalogue of hashes for everything it downloads (hard-coded or configurable by the user, latter preferred) then at least it can verify the right files are being downloaded regardless of source.

Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by amarshall »

account42 wrote: post #48
amarshall wrote: post #25

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No one but Apple owns a copy of macOS. They own a license to use it according to the terms of that license.

As with all information, society as a whole "owns" macOS - Apple only has been granted a temporary monopoly of this information in order to encourage them to create more.

Practically, what’s the difference until their copyright expires?

Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by tinus_hn »

coldacid wrote: post #75
GeekyBear wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems to be grabbing the MacOS system recovery images straight off of Apple's servers.

Which, without some form of certificate pinning, could still be MITM'd. At least if there's a catalogue of hashes for everything it downloads (hard-coded or configurable by the user, latter preferred) then at least it can verify the right files are being downloaded regardless of source.

Where would the user realistically get these?

Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by amarshall »

Mordisquitos wrote: post #35
amarshall wrote: post #25

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No one but Apple owns a copy of macOS. They own a license to use it according to the terms of that license.

Which is another argument against using the term "stealing". At no point does the user deprive Apple of the ownership of macOS.

Sure, and I didn’t argue for or against the use of that term. The legal definition of theft varies by jurisdiction, but is not necessarily limited to physical objects (e.g. services). I have no idea whether it’s appropriate in this case (I’m not a lawyer), but feels more like copyright infringement.

Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by tinus_hn »

amarshall wrote: post #25
hdjjhhvvhga wrote: post #4

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I always wondered how is it stealing if you (1) own a copy and, (2) Apple effectively stopped charging money for macOS.

No one but Apple owns a copy of macOS. They own a license to use it according to the terms of that license.

Actually I own several dvds that contain legitimate copies of Mac OS X (back when it came on dvds)

Re: Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Win-10,11/macOS/Linux on Linux

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Post by sydthrowaway »

hunter2_ wrote: post #65
alfiedotwtf wrote: post #49

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The first looks like a Windows VLK (maybe XP?)

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I can't believe I remembered that.

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