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bfg9k@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

But can I be fucked waiting 5 minutes for a VM to boot every time I need to use a Windows-only tool?

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redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Don’t shutdown the VM. Instead, use shutdown -> save button in the virt-manager. Now your VM will launch in seconds next time you want to use it because it’ll be resumed from the saved state.

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- user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  now your VM will start in seconds
  
  Cries in HDD
  
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  - CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Sounds like a great excuse for a bit of a hardware upgrade, SSDs have gotten pretty cheap. You can change your whole computing life for $30-50.
    
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kittenzrulz123@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You could just use the earliest version of Windows that the software works (Windows 7 usually) and then keep the VM air gapped (aka no Internet connection)

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- silverbax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Let me introduce you to Adobe.
  
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