btw, is upgrading an existing Qubes install to a new version pretty much
simply downloading the new version and choosing an option for upgrading
existing installations?  or is it more involved than that or even requires
a fresh install?



On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:20 PM, <lemondezur...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Without support for hardware acceleration of virtual machines, plus
> needing specific hardware compatible with Qubes OS, what kinds of work do
> you get done if Qubes is your main OS on primary PC?
>
> I want to run Davinci Resolve, which is a video editor that runs on Linux,
> but it takes advantage of the discrete GPU, and it seems Qubes does not
> support hardware acceleration nor virtual machines.
>
> So, I'm curious, for those who use Qubes, what actual work do you get done?
>
> I've also tried playing youtube videos but found audio out of sync and I
> could not resize or maximize the playback window.
>
> I may have tried the second to latest version released so maybe things
> have changed or will change in 4.x?
>
> Not being able to run VMs, Davinci Resolve, or youtube are making me have
> to look at other options like OS X, Windows 10, and Linux.
>
> I was leaning towards OS X but enabling case sensitivity for the file
> system can break certain apps like those from Adobe, or cause other
> problems.. And I prefer linux/unix like command-lines to DOS, so kind of
> leaning away from Windows 10.
>
> That leaves Linux distros like Debian, Mint, e bv  But I'm wondering how
> secure it will be compared to Qubes?
>
>
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