I've been trying to set up an EndeavourOS virtual machine, but I'm running into some issues with graphics. It seems there's currently no straightforward way to achieve 3D acceleration in Arch Linux VMs. The xf86-video-vmware driver appears to be removed from Arch, which makes things problematic. I've heard of some workarounds like downgrading the driver or using vboxsvga, but both of those seem to compromise 3D acceleration. Is there really no way to get a decent experience with 3D acceleration in an Arch Linux guest setup? It seems to work fine in Linux Mint. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
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If you're looking for 3D acceleration in Arch Linux VMs, you might want to check out some alternatives like Libvirt. It offers 'fake' 3D acceleration through a feature called virGL, or you could even explore GPU passthrough for real acceleration. Just a heads-up though, if you're using VirtualBox, virGL might not be your best bet since it's mainly compatible with KVM setups.
Oh, I see! So, VirtualBox might not support that kind of acceleration? I guess I need to look into switching to KVM then. Thanks for the info!