On Saturday, 5 September 2020 at 18:26:14 UTC+1 awokd wrote: > Lazy Lexicographer: > > > ...
> > > So, I am a person who is interested in both digital art and > cybersecurity. > > ... I plan on switching over to ... [Qubes] ... 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.) > > > > ... 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. > ... > 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. ... > > > I would still like to get anybody's thoughts ... > > ... It would be easiest if you could switch to a Linux based art > package... > > Perhaps if you invested heavily in a large amount of RAM, you could consider loading your software and also the OS completely into RAM. Then you could have your OS and installed software on a read-only DVD for better security (to prevent to some degree malware from invading your set-up). Some info on why this may be good for security, can be accessed here <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/End-user_Computer_Security/Main_content/Digital_storage#Digital_storage_/_Chapter_4>. Doing this would potentially preempt the need to get your graphics software to work with Qubes, since the set-up could be secure enough for your purposes. There used to be DOS software called something like `ramdisk` that allowed you to convert your RAM into a 'virtual disk'.... In regard to buying a brand new machine, you could instead consider dual-booting with just your existing machine, in such a way that the less-secure system, is not able to corrupt the more-secure system, by using means such as digital/electrical/physical isolation. Some info on how you might be able to create such a set-up, can be accessed here <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/End-user_Computer_Security/Main_content/Software_based#Qubes_OS_4.0.3_side-by-side_with_other_operating_systems> . If you are interested in cyber-security, it appears that at times using open-source software (such as maybe the open-source Blender software [which I think can be used for game design, 3D animation, etc.]) can offer security advantages over closed-source software. Some info on why this may be, can be accessed here <https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/End-user_Computer_Security/Main_content/Software_based#Compiling_from_source> . Kind regards, Mark Fernandes -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/d6fdb288-d676-46d1-9a8c-1b1c5b9a93a0n%40googlegroups.com.
