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Since making the full time move to using Linux (Fedora) from Windows, I've found the migration fairly easy and haven't had much disruption in how I do my work.
However, there are some games I like to play such as Football Manager and some older games which rely on 3D rendering (either software or hardware). At the moment I have a VirtualBox VM running Windows XP and 95% of the games I've installed on this have failed to run due to problems with the graphics card (the virtual graphics card).
What I would like to do is get the VM to use the laptop's actual physical graphics card directly, or something similar. I know there is a performance issue, but most of the games I play are over 5 years old and I'm not bothered about graphic quality etc. I just want it to work.
I don't have to use VirtualBox, I just used it because I'm used to it. If VMWare or another virtual technology is a better option than VirtualBox then I will use it.
Closely related: What Virtualization Servers support Windows Clients with Direct X?
– user – 2014-08-11T13:07:33.7071
Have you tried wine? It's a compatibility later designed to run Windows applications directly on Linux (not through an emulator/VM), and actually can get 3D games running pretty well. It can be tricky to get working, and may not work at all, but will probably give you the best 3D performance of all your options if you can get it working.
– Darth Android – 2012-10-05T18:47:37.4071
You may find the first part of this youtube video of interest concerning Linux Gaming being faster than Windows http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLlBtxiadP8&list=UUBE-FO9JUOghSysV9gjTeHw&index=16 and also this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtroqq5J-sQ
– Simon – 2012-12-11T21:58:03.143