Re:_Proposal_—_Seamless_Windows_Application_Virtua lization_via_bhyve

From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:15:59 UTC
Errata Corrige :

Oh no. I've developed qemu accelerated with bhyve,so I can use more methods
for having better graèhics. I'm also planning to port Looking Glass on
FreeBSD. I can do it because some months ago I developed ivshmem plane *and
bhyve/ vmm* that can accelerate qemu.

On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
wrote:

> >Not anymore, I run modern windows games (i.e. Cyberpunk 2077) on FreeBSD
> over Wine 11, it works >with native performance..
>
> How many games are you able to run on FreeBSD over Wine 11 with native
> performances ?
>
> >which is not possible under Bhyve or VBox.
>
> Why not ? Bhyve does not offer native performances ?
>
>
> >You probably noticed that Bhyve still uses VNC for a remote desktop and
> that makes it even worse for >graphics / cad applications than VirtualBox
> that at least offers direct rendering.
>
>
> Oh no. I've developed qemu accelerated with bhyve,so I can use more
> methods for having better graèhics. I'm also planning to port Looking Glass
> on FreeBSD. I can do it because some months ago I developed an ivshmem
> plane that can accelerate qemu.
>
> Mario.
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 10:43 AM Asiye Sarıyıldız <asiyee994@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Sorry for the direct reply, loops back to the list. As you know, Wine
>> can't actually run things like Adobe software, but what I have in mind
>> similar to WSL2 is being able to run Windows applications seamlessly using
>> bhyve.
>> >
>> > 8 Ağu 2026 Cmt 11:37 tarihinde Asiye Sarıyıldız <asiyee994@gmail.com>
>> şunu yazdı:
>> >>
>> >> I know about Wine, but Wine tries to replicate Windows APIs which
>> often causes compatibility bugs or performance overhead. (..)
>>
>> Not anymore, I run modern windows games (i.e. Cyberpunk 2077) on
>> FreeBSD over Wine 11, it works with native performance.. which is not
>> possible under Bhyve or VBox.
>>
>> > My idea with bhyve was closer to a lightweight virtualized Windows
>> kernel operating in the background, where the GUI windows are seamlessly
>> integrated into the FreeBSD desktop environment (like seamless mode in
>> VirtualBox or WSLg in Linux). I thought bhyve could achieve better raw
>> hardware compatibility for specific professional Windows apps. Example
>> Adobe?.
>>
>> You probably noticed that Bhyve still uses VNC for a remote desktop
>> and that makes it even worse for graphics / cad applications than
>> VirtualBox that at least offers direct rendering.
>>
>> I would suggest looking at Bhyve and improve display (i.e. no latency
>> + vulkan / opengl rendering) in the first place :-)
>>
>> --
>> CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
>>
>>
>
> --
> Mario.
>


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Mario.