Lazy Lexicographer: > > > Hello everyone. > > So, I am a person who is interested in both digital art and cybersecurity. > I have been fascinated with the Qubes OS for quite sometime and, having > already tried it out, I plan on switching over to it completely in the near > future. The only reason why I have not so far is because of the > compatibility issue that exists between Qubes and digital art software I > use (much of which is only good for Mac and Windows.) > > In the upcoming future I plan on obtaining a very powerful computer (24 > core CPU and 64GB of RAM) and have thought about running Qubes on it. I > have considered the possibility of creating one Windows 10 VM on it and > using it solely for digital art. From what I have heard, however, > installing Windows 10 in Qubes is quite difficult. In addition, even with > the powerful hardware I possess, using software for digital illustration, > 3D modeling/animation and game design will still most likely be a serious > issue because of the nature of virtual machines. Then of course there is > the whole issue of graphics cards and GPU pass-through with a VM.
Neither is as individually hard as it used to be thanks to some dedicated people. See https://github.com/elliotkillick/qvm-create-windows-qube and https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/customization/windows-gaming-hvm.md. The latter is for Windows 7; unknown if it will work with 10. > I would still like to get anybody's thoughts to help me in my > consideration. Would it be good enough to simply create a Windows 10 VM and > use all of my digital art stuff inside of it? Or would it be best to get an > entirely separate machine for the creative stuff and leave Qubes for > work/browsing? Any input would be much appreciated. You could attempt Qubes + VM and see how it goes, but if you're doing art for compensation of some type you should keep your old machine around until you confirm the new setup works for you. It would be easiest if you could switch to a Linux based art package, but they probably aren't going to be as slick as proprietary ones. If Qubes + VM doesn't work out, you could switch one system to Qubes for work and other to proprietary. -- - don't top post Mailing list etiquette: - trim quoted reply to only relevant portions - when possible, copy and paste text instead of screenshots -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/2662cab8-5ed7-e624-3a1b-80080cd4b99b%40danwin1210.me.
