Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-10-06 Thread mathdegiovani
Hello, > I work around the issue by using Remmina (or other RDP client) in an > appVM, and allowing IP forwarding in the firewall vm. This solution does > not suffer from increasing lag, and should be usable for everything > except gaming. See instructions here: > Remmina indeed seems to make

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-02-02 Thread Jarle Thorsen
> hmm weird, my windows 7 vm is a little laggy, but I figured its normal. > it doesn't increase over time for me and doesn't seem that bad. Have you > tried to set the windows system setting to performance mode? > > If you try to do gpu intensive tasks it might be an issue though. My

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-02-01 Thread raahelps
On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 11:58:23 AM UTC-5, Jarle Thorsen wrote: >  : > > > > > hmm weird,  my windows 7 vm is a little laggy,  but I figured its normal.    > it doesn't increase over time for me and doesn't seem that bad.  Have you > tried to set the windows system

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-02-01 Thread Drew White
On Saturday, 28 January 2017 01:17:35 UTC+11, Jarle Thorsen wrote: > søndag 1. januar 2017 21.17.39 UTC+1 skrev Robert Fisk følgende: > > > Can anybody please confirm that it is indeed possible to have a lag-free > > > Windows experience under QubesOS? > > > > > > I work around the issue by

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-01-28 Thread Jarle Thorsen
: hmm weird, my windows 7 vm is a little laggy, but I figured its normal. it doesn't increase over time for me and doesn't seem that bad. Have you tried to set the windows system setting to performance mode? If you try to do gpu intensive tasks it might be an issue

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-01-02 Thread Robert Fisk
On 01/02/2017 09:33 AM, Jeremy Rand wrote: > Robert Fisk: >> On 12/30/2016 01:33 AM, Jarle Thorsen wrote: >>> torsdag 29. desember 2016 13.14.25 UTC+1 skrev Grzesiek Chodzicki >>> følgende: W dniu czwartek, 29 grudnia 2016 13:07:44 UTC+1 użytkownik Jarle Thorsen napisał: > Currently

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-01-01 Thread Jarle Thorsen
Robert Fisk: > I run a Win7 VM on a i5 gen 4 ULV machine. I have always had problems > with lag increasing over time. On bootup the VM is fast, but after 20 > min it is unusable with each screen redraw taking ~4 sec and associated > high CPU usage. This has happened both on R3.0 and R3.2. > > I

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-01-01 Thread Jarle Thorsen
> My Windows 7 and Windows 10 VM's feel reasonably responsive for > getting work done (although I definitely wouldn't want to try gaming > with that level of latency). My dom0 resolution is larger than yours; > I haven't adjusted the default resolution in the Windows VM's. > > The Windows VM's

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-01-01 Thread taii...@gmx.com
Windows post-XP needs at least 2d acceleration for a quality desktop environment experience especially at those high resolutions, you will need to assign a secondary graphics card or at least an emulated device which has better performance and more VRAM such as QXL/spice (but that a is

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-01-01 Thread Jeremy Rand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Robert Fisk: > On 12/30/2016 01:33 AM, Jarle Thorsen wrote: >> torsdag 29. desember 2016 13.14.25 UTC+1 skrev Grzesiek Chodzicki >> følgende: >>> W dniu czwartek, 29 grudnia 2016 13:07:44 UTC+1 użytkownik >>> Jarle Thorsen napisał: Currently my

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-01-01 Thread Robert Fisk
On 12/30/2016 01:33 AM, Jarle Thorsen wrote: > torsdag 29. desember 2016 13.14.25 UTC+1 skrev Grzesiek Chodzicki følgende: >> W dniu czwartek, 29 grudnia 2016 13:07:44 UTC+1 użytkownik Jarle Thorsen >> napisał: >>> Currently my Windows 7 StandaloneVM feels a bit sluggish. >>> >>> Moving windows

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible to get usable Win7 gui?

2017-01-01 Thread Jeremy Rand
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Jarle Thorsen: > torsdag 29. desember 2016 13.14.25 UTC+1 skrev Grzesiek Chodzicki > følgende: >> W dniu czwartek, 29 grudnia 2016 13:07:44 UTC+1 użytkownik Jarle >> Thorsen napisał: >>> Currently my Windows 7 StandaloneVM feels a bit sluggish. >>>