ID: 976PHID: PHID-TASK-tmtgtbdtik2zjavndczuAuthor: PatrickStatus at Migration Time: resolvedPriority at Migration Time: Normal
Low or “low” if we can 4 GB “low” RAM.
If not a too personal privacy intrusive a question, how much host RAM can you test this with? 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB? Less than 4 GB RAM? Does booting into live mode work and are VMs still startable? Multiple VMs?
Might be different
Whonix-Host ISO Live vs
Whonix-Host installed with grub-live mode
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Could you test this please? @onion_knight
After installing Whonix host operating system - #189 by Patrick and grub-live package.
If not a too personal privacy intrusive a question, how much host RAM can you test this with? 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB? Does booting into live mode work and are VMs still startable? Multiple VMs?
Is there a difference Whonix-Host ISO Live vs Whonix-Host installed Live?
2020-04-09 23:39:22 UTC
All tests done in KVM with 4 logical host CPUs, but I would expect to have similar (if not better) results on real hardware.
Version used: Whonix-Host-XFCE-15.0.1.2.2
Whonix-Host ISO, 2GB :
ISO Boots normally
gw boots normally
Impossible to launch ws with default 2GB (system freeze)
Setting 256M to gw and 1024M RAM to ws barely works/freezes
Conclusion: not suitable, unusable, very low performance.
Whonix-Host Installed in live mode, 2GB :
more usable than Whonix-Host ISO, with: gw 256M RAM and ws 1024M RAM (much faster, no freeze
performance is however still insufficient to do anything productive
Conclusion: not suitable, barely usable
Whonix-Host ISO, 4GB :
works OK with default settings (gw 512M RAM, ws 2048M RAM)
Conclusion: suitable
Whonix-Host Installed in live mode, 4GB
I assume any configuration above that would be good enough.
My takeaway: Whonix-Host needs at least 4GB to be productive and enjoyable
2020-04-20 23:37:49 UTC
2020-04-21 08:56:14 UTC