Qvm-Create-Windows-Qube
Infrastructure
virtual machine setup for qubes os
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How HN took it
7 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Execution: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Secure isolation and Whonix Tor integration
From 2 comments
Hi, HN! This is a small project I developed for Qubes OS that allows you to spin up new Windows qubes quickly, effortlessly and securely. Hope you don't mind the flamboyant…
elliotkillick on HNAwesome work Elliot, and much appreciated. I've just got Windows-10 ltsc working on qubes 4.1 with whonix 16. My 2 use cases are: 1. A dev machine. I have a persistent and static…
RandomChimp on HN
Clipboard support with Windows works well
From 2 comments
Awesome work, thanks! Great to see clipboard support with Windows. Would love to eventually see Windows apps behave like Linux apps on a window level, instead of displaying the…
discordance on HNAwesome work Elliot, and much appreciated. I've just got Windows-10 ltsc working on qubes 4.1 with whonix 16. My 2 use cases are: 1. A dev machine. I have a persistent and static…
RandomChimp on HN
Objections
Qubes hardware compatibility is poor
From 2 comments
If only the hardware compatibility was better. It hasn't worked on my past three laptops.
allset_ on HNI hope to try qubes one day, it's a shame that my current hardware isn't supported. If I wanted to learn how to add support for my own hardware where would I start (would…
TheFreim on HN
Needs lots of RAM
From 2 comments
There is a hardware compatibility page with user reports. The main thing is that, to be practical, it needs at least 16GB of RAM. With only 16GB, you will want to use the ZRAM…
ncmncm on HNOK. My personal recommendation is, don't even try with a machine smaller than 16GB, and expect to need to manually apportion memory between VMs if you have less than 32GB.
ncmncm on HN
No GPU acceleration by default
From 1 comment
By GUI virtualization, I was referring to the way Qubes handles receiving graphical updates (e.g. windows) from the VM and sending events (e.g. mouse clicks) to the VM. The Qubes…
elliotkillick on HN
Requests
Windows apps shown at window level instead of whole VM
From 1 comment
Awesome work, thanks! Great to see clipboard support with Windows. Would love to eventually see Windows apps behave like Linux apps on a window level, instead of displaying the…
discordance on HN
Suspend VM when window is minimized
From 1 comment
What I am really looking for in Qube is when the window of Windows VM gets minimized, it performs a CPU suspend, preferably within its VM. No need for chatty telemetry at Windows…
egberts1 on HN
Questions
Does GPU passthrough work?
From 1 comment
Does 3d card passthrough work?
Bombthecat on HN
What does GUI virtualization mean?
From 1 comment
This is really cool, starred right try out at a later date. Question: what does GUI virtualization actually mean? Does that mean the OS runs windowed in your existing DE? I’m…
ComputerGuru on HN
Alternatives named
WinApps
From 1 comment
My pleasure! That feature is currently in the works (officially speaking) for Windows 10; for Windows 7 it already exists (although it has of course been EOL for some time now).…
elliotkillick on HN
VirtualBox
From 1 comment
Thanks! GPU virtualization is a very difficult thing to do securely, I think VirtualBox said it best in their hardware 3D acceleration documentation…
elliotkillick on HN