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Before asking my question, I am going to apologize in advance for my total ignorance of anything IT related.

But I have been repeatedly hacked in the last few years and had my privacy violated so I have decided to make the change to an operating system that I have read to be be the safest- namely Quebs OS.

Now the question.

Lets say that I have a device with a CPU that meets the hardware requirements for the Qubes OS. Specifically that the processor has an Integrated Graphics Unit. If I also happen to have a separate graphics processing unit such as an NVIDA unit installed would that, in any way, interfere with the operation of the OS?

I am not going to be running graphics intensive programs but have decided to add a separate graphics unit just in case.

From what I have read on the forum, it seems to me that it is fine to have an IGP enable CPU and a separate graphics card. But still I would like to double check before letting go of my hard earned dollars.

Please, kindly configure your response as if you were talking to a second grader.

Any input is much appreciated.

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I don’t have any personal experience yet with integrating a dedicated GPU into my Qubes OS workflow, but I would encourage you to get read up on this thread as they may answer any questions you may have that have might already been answered.

But, from my limited understanding, it’s a hassle to setup a dedicated GPU to a dedicated monitor, dedicated controller, and dedicated Qube (VM).

Edit: this might help as well.

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Thank you for your reply

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It does not interfere. Qubes is not GPU intensive (it uses CPU instead). I recommend just using the integrated unless the computer is older than 5 years. I have a 2018 Thinkpad that has integrated only and has zero issues running qubes

The bigger issue you will have is understanding how to use qubes (if your knowledge is as rudimentary as you say). Qubes approach is very different to normal OS and when you have issues, understanding basics of Linux helps a lot. Good luck

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Thank you for your reply

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You can run an HVM qube that accesses this Nvidia chip to run “ai” stuff like an LLM, if you want to do that.

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Thanks