Hi,

On 04/23/2018 11:38 PM, Black Beard wrote:
> 
> Hey community,
> 
> tommorow i want finished my Qubes installation on my Notebook. 
> Since I need some programs that only runs on Windows, I now ask myself the 
> question, how can I install Windows on Qubes?

https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-vm/

I'd suggest installing Windows 7 over Windows 10 if you don't have
specific requirements: win7 uses lower resources, is more tested by
other Qubes users, and you can install Qubes Windows Tools (although
it's a bit convoluted and there are known issues on 4.0 - see the doc).


> Do I risk my privacy with the additional windows installation?

That depends on what you do with your windows VM :)

For instance my windows VM doesn't have internet access, I only allow
manually the windows update sites when I need to update something so I
should be OK. I always consider it "untrusted" anyway.


> I thought about Virtualbox, but that's also a virtual machine.

I don't think you can run Virtualbox in Qubes anyway (nested
virtualization), and if you do it'll be inefficient.


> What about Linux Wine?

I used it a long time ago before using Qubes, it was a hit or miss
depending on the program you'd run. You'll probably have issues with
graphics if your program uses openGL (qubes doesn't support it). If you
need a windows VM only to run one or two windows apps, then yes, you
should try to install wine first and test if it works - if it does it'll
be much more resource efficient than using a full-blown VM.

hope this helps !
ivan


> 
> Of course, I'm looking forward to your help again.
> 
> regards
> 

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