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chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Why not encapsulate Windows 10 in a VM? You can run it indefinitely as long as you don’t give it Internet.

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Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Because I don’t want to run hardware that needs to operate in realtime over a USB 2.0 connection through a VM. I have digital turntables with high-resolution platters. These are precision instruments that require the absolute lowest DPC latency obtainable; I need to eliminate as much overhead and have my equipment running as close to the bare metal as I can get from a modern OS.

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- chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Not sure if you’re using a desktop or laptop (unclear if you’re doing DJ stuff for mixing privately or gigging on the road), but hardware passthrough through something like SR-IOV would make latency a non-issue.
  
  However, I get what you’re saying. I was more thinking of the “I want to run this on a legacy operating system for as long as I can” aspect of things. Eliminating the concern of the hardware no longer supporting a more modern operating system was what I was trying to get at. Sorry if that didn’t come through.
  
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- Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  What kind of music do ya play?
  
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  - Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Open format, so literally anything and everything. I go entirely by audience reaction when deciding what to play. But mostly I like happy songs with a party vibe.
    
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    Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    You sound like someone I would love to see play!
    
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PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What would be the point? That’s just staying on Windows, with extra steps and lower performance.

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- chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  They mention their equipment is legacy and only supports Windows 10. An Airgapped VM of Windows 10 is a good option to continue supporting legacy hardware.
  
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- bss03@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The VM protects somewhat from network attacks and spread. But, I do imagine most vulnerabilities of Win10 would still be exploitable, and you would be sacrificing some performance, yes.
  
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