Measuring CPU impact on Qubes operation--the first step to a Qubes performance benchmark?

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@fiftyfourthparallel

However, coming from lightweight systems like Ubuntu and Chrome OS, Qubes feels slow even on high-spec modern hardware, which is why even though Qubes requirements are relatively low, higher specifications are key to a smooth experience and should therefore be recommended .

@fsflover

Some graphical tasks are quite slow and/or require a lot of CPU resources. I guess this is because AppVMs use a software-only (CPU-based) implementation of OpenGL. It seems one cannot do much about it, since it’s necessary for Qubes OS GUI isolation. Related issue .

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