I am a casual who uses Zorin as my daily driver because I like its desktop environment. Since I am a college student, a lot of the programs my professors want me to use were made for windows and nothing else (especially Honorlock) and I’m getting a bit frustrated with all the things that throw a fit when I try to run them with Wine. I also tried to use a VM once and got quite confused.
My understanding of Qubes is that you pick a few operating systems as templates, then when you install an app you assign it to run on one of those templates. I have heard that some people have made Windows templates, which would make running Windows apps so much easier.
To me, the main draw of Qubes OS is to make running a VM just as easy as running any other software. I don’t care too much about managing my digital footprint; I just want to make running Windows programs more convenient. Would Qubes work for my purposes? I do feel ready to try new things, like using the terminal.
If all you’re interested is in making it easier to run Windows programs (seamless integration), you could just use WinApps.
i think what youre referring to is the seamless integration of windows. that was a feature of xen’s windows 7 drivers, which are no longer available due to some security vulnerabilities.
they never supported any modern windows OS and now arent even on xen’s website anymore bc of these security issues.
so im afraid to say that running a windows template on qubes os is the same as running a full vm on any other host OS :/
