When Qubes gets a separate GUIVM, the risks of GUI virtualization could become lower, because the GUIVM is expected to be more up-to-date (and thus have recent security updates for the drivers) than the current dom0.
The GUI virtualization should be optional (so user can choose the reasonable tradeoff). This can be actually good for security provided that the choice is informed. User that wants some GPU-insentive tasks will now probably choose Ubuntu (or dualboot) over Qubes. None of them are better choices than allowing to take some risks for some VMs. Before GUIVM is implemented, it probably does not make much sense to implement GPU virtualization, because it would make additional maintenance effort for ITL. GPU passthrough (that can be also used with some less secure approach of GPU virtualization) might be a reasonable addition for some people, but not as a general solution for all Qubes users, because external monitors often connected to the dedicated GPU*. Not mentioning laptops with just one GPU. (Those can be more common for Linux and Qubes users.) I foresee a GPUVM in VM settings (like today's NetVM in VM settings). Regards, Vít Šesták 'v6ak' *) I honestly don't know the reason for that. In the past, I had laptop with three graphical outputs (screen, VGA and HDMI). Since the old integrated GPU was able only two of them, it makes sense that one of the outputs goes through the dedicated cards. The last time I checked, it however looks like this should be no longer a problem. Today's Intel CPUs seem to often support three displays (quickly verified on Intel ARK on few random CPUs), while today's laptops tend to have just two outputs (internal and HDMI). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/3a20b39b-7ee8-43ca-9cfc-1d5e2ed26f18%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
