amd gpu's

[Styles Grant]

Obviously theres some issues with amd discreet gpu and qubes, to put it slightly. Uh, theres one example on the hardware compatibility list that stood out though as a bit of encouragement

"ASRock AB350 Pro4
Ryzen 5 1600 AMD AMD Radeon HD"

Uh, I'd like to try. I've had others have lots of issues with passthrough. And some folks even trying to put mining on a qubes system. I'd be willing to just set up an integrated intel gpu to run qubes if it came to it, but I'm genuinely curious and willing to hack at the issue.

I do hope I can get the amd cpu to cooperate with qubes.

[cooloutac]

defeats the purpose I would just use integrated.

[awokd]

Not sure what you mean, Styles. Discrete GPU passthrough can be difficult
to set up, but your chances will be better with AMD than nvidia. Go for an
RX 580 or older, I've seen reports of Vega not working. Qubes uses Xen, so
you can broaden your search. Mining on Qubes does seem a bit "wrong", it's
going to hurt the hash rate.

[Tai...@gmx.com]

On 12/28/2017 02:47 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users wrote:

> Not sure what you mean, Styles. Discrete GPU passthrough can be difficult
> to set up, but your chances will be better with AMD than nvidia.

Seconded, nvidia adds bugs to make it more difficult on "consumer"
hardware (ex: code 43 "error" on windows)

[cooloutac]

I use an nvidia 650 ti with Qubes and never had issues. Its better then the intel integrated on another newer board I use. Meaning desktop effects and smoother performance and colors look better. But thats all subjective I guess.

I suggested getting a board with intel integrated because there is indeed less chance for incompatibility. A good rule of thumb, in general, is if its newer then 2 years there is a chance for problems with linux, no matter the hardware. Most drivers are made for windows first. And linux lags slowly behind with support. Especially with hardware that is not very popular.

I wonder if mining would be worth it on Qubes since it would eat resources that could be otherwise allocated. I also wouldn't use my Qubes machine as a server or for gaming, I consider these also defeating the purpose of security. My Qubes machine is simply a workstation for daily or sensitive tasks and transactions.

[mossy-nw]

Styles Grant:

Radeon HD 6450 worked out of the box for me with an intel CPU lacking
integrated graphics (I believe your max resolution will be 1920x1080
with this card, however, if that is an issue for you)