Re:_Proposal_—_Seamless_Windows_Application_Virtua lization_via_bhyve
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:22:03 UTC
Honestly, I have to say my interest in this has grown a lot, I'm genuinely impressed by what you've built. It's also reinforcing my own conviction that this whole idea is worth pursuing. 8 Ağu 2026 Cmt 19:16 tarihinde Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> şunu yazdı: > 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. >> > > > -- > Mario. >