On Monday, December 24, 2018 at 1:52:53 PM UTC+1, Hugo Costa wrote: > On Sunday, 23 December 2018 20:34:48 UTC, Demi M. Obenour wrote: > > Someone I know is interested in using QubesOS. However, they are also a > > gamer: if they could not have a Windows VM with access to a dedicated > > graphics card for use by games, then QubesOS is not an option for them. > > > > How risky is GPU pass-through? My understanding is that on most > > laptops, the primary (internal) display is connected to the integrated > > GPU. Therefore, it appears to me that the risks are no more than > > pass-through of the USB, Ethernet, or wireless controllers, all of which > > QubesOS does by default. > > Best option would be to dual boot. Unless that person is always switching > from game to desktop, this solution could probably be an acceptable > compromise.
In my opinion, dual booting is just as risky as GPU pass-through, maybe more so. Having a GPU sandboxed in a VM that will never see production VMs would be ideal. Although if you only have one GPU then there is no better option at the moment. -- 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/ec711eb1-db78-417b-bf95-2e280cd474ff%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
