I currently use Arch but use QEMU VMs for everyday tasks, is Qubes right for me?

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Hi @AmazingArchUser123, welcome to the Community! I’m glad you find Qubes OS appealing.

@AmazingArchUser123

My host operating system is rather bare, it contains nothing but a GNOME wayland desktop, tor browser, a video player

On Qubes, the AdminVM runs nothing but VMs and has no Internet connection, so it should be more secure than your current setup.

@AmazingArchUser123

I know many of the core components of my setup aren’t available on Qubes (Secure boot

Related discussions: one, two.

@AmazingArchUser123

-Would I be able to setup something similar to a vfio virtual machine as a Qube HVM where I pass through an NVIDIA GPU and keep my AMD APU running the host’s graphics?

Yes, if you have a second GPU: see Another 2. GPU passthrough post and Can I run applications, like games.

@AmazingArchUser123

-I assume the answer is yes but just to be sure, is disk encryption supported?

Yes.

@AmazingArchUser123

Could I use Wayland on Qubes?

Not yet.

@AmazingArchUser123

Would Qubes provide similar security to Wayland in the sense that the input and output of applications who’s input and output I would want to be isolated

Yes. Actually, Qubes provides a stronger security, because it relies on hardware virtualization to isolate the VMs and has a much smaller Trusted Computing Base.

@AmazingArchUser123

My hardware, if it matters

You can try to find similar hardware in the HCL and make a guess whether it would behave well with Qubes.