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1. drefan+(OP)[view] [source] 2018-03-29 00:04:38
I'm not sure I understand all the way. Qubes is more for people looking to have their internet connection completely private, and almost everything in the way it's run (preferably from a VM, I guess) is for that reason. Steam is best kept on Windows because it would be pretty obvious since *you're connecting to your Steam account and you would lose the privacy from it. Linux is also not the best environment for your video card, either, because nVidia doesn't have open-source drivers available. Now, yes, there are drivers available for some version of Linux, but they are generally close-source and very likely not the best for privacy reasons.
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2. codetr+Y[view] [source] 2018-03-29 00:14:24
>>drefan+(OP)
> Qubes is more for people looking to have their internet connection completely private

It was my impression that part of the point was also to isolate programs from one-another in case one of them is compromised. I may be mistaken in my understanding, but if Qubes OS did that then that is a good reason for me if I could for example isolate Steam and all of the proprietary games from the rest of my computer. Likewise with the isolating the environments that I visit different sites from.

> Steam is best kept on Windows because it would be pretty obvious since *you're connecting to your Steam account and you would lose the privacy from it.

I don't run Windows.

> Linux is also not the best environment for your video card, either, because nVidia doesn't have open-source drivers available. Now, yes, there are drivers available for some version of Linux, but they are generally close-source and very likely not the best for privacy reasons.

Proprietary drivers on Linux are still better than proprietary drivers on an OS that is also proprietary. Besides I plain don't like the Windows experience. I use Windows on my work computer because I have to but I will not use in on my private computers (aside from occasionally in a VM for some purpose or other).

Anyway, a sibling to your comment told me that Qubes OS does not have official GPU support so I guess it's not for me sadly.

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