CONTEXT: Hello all! I am fairly new to Zorin/Linux. After bricking my PC 50 different ways over the last 2 weeks, I finally successfully set it up to dual drive dual boot (1 SSD with Windows, 1 SSD with Zorin 18).
I have some programming experience with Java. However, all of those files are saved on a Time Machine usb, and I got rid of my MacBook Air. I want to be able to plug that in and access/save those files and get an IDE setup along with MAMP. But from my understanding, I can’t just plug this into something that’s not running macOS.
So I’ve heard of VirtualBox and recently started reading a bit about QEMU KVM.
QUESTION: Based on this situation, does anyone have any recommendations as far as the VM? I also have an RTX 3060 with virtualization enabled but I’ve read that AMD can be better with running Linux?
Would appreciate any and all help, tips! Thank you!
What you will read are lots of different opinions based on anecdotal experiences.
From observation; AMD seems to mesh better with GnuLinux (better support for graphics stacks and drivers) over-all, but AMD reserves its driver code as proprietary, as well, releasing only the basic non-proprietary code to GnuLinux.
AMD hardware can lack support on GnuLinux, not work or not fully work, too.
Nvidia is more complicated than AMD is. I also have Nvidia RTX 3060 and I have very few problems, but I do experience the "Complicatedness" of Nvidia.
If I were to make a recommendation as far as compatibility, functionality and expansiveness: QEMU.
f I were to make a recommendation as far as easy to use; Gnome Boxes. Very few settings and hard to troubleshoot, but it usually works and is very simple.