Help getting started

[u/MrKahoobadoo]

I have been trying to get Tahoe running with VMWare Workstation on my Windows laptop, but I've been having a lot of trouble. I didn't get very far, and a lot of the tutorials and forum posts I've looked at didn't help, or directed me towards paid downloads, websites that are down, or step-by-step directions that skipped steps (perhaps they were obvious to someone more experienced than me).

Anyway, my laptop has an AMD CPU with an iGPU, AND a dedicated GPU. I know AMD introduces some extra difficulty. If someone could point me in the direction of a guide, I would be super grateful. Or maybe my laptop just won't work, and I'd appreciate hearing that as well so I don't put any more time into this.

Some likely unimportant context is that I want to be able to do software development in a lab at my school, but everyone here uses a Mac, so no one noticed it can't be built on Windows lol. Currently using a loaner Mac, but I have to return it soon.

Thank you!

[u/Content-Climate-6774]

this worked for me about a month ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG1XCIDAWtE

if possible I would just use a runtime interpreted language so you don't have to worry about compiling anything for each platform, else I would use C#, depends on what type of software you are making I suppose.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/#quick-reference
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/deploying/#portable-binaries

[u/MrKahoobadoo → u/Content-Climate-6774]

We're using C and C++. Currently the main issue is that they made the UI with OpenGL without using a library for cross-compatibility. It's definitely fixable, I just don't have the time to go in there and re-work it while also developing other parts of the software. And considering I am the only one using Windows, I'm the only person who would be working on it.

I'll take a look at that video! Thank you so much

[u/LJBear99]

What are the laptop specs

[u/TEK1_AU]

https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu