Hi all, i've been running Pop_Os for a couple weeks now, and i love it as a OS, although getting certain games running with Lutris and Proton can be a bit of a pain in the neck, which brings me to my question.
i care a lot about the security of my system, which is why i switched to Linux to begin with, but hypothetically, if i were to Dual Boot with Windows for the game compatibility, and only using Windows for my games and nothing else, would security vulnerabilities whether they be from DRM or Windows own security vulnerabilities, put the files inside my Linux folders at risk? i guess to put it a different way, could an attack on the Windows side be able to reach the Linux side? and if so would a VM of Windows solve that matter?
i have heard many people say that since VMs are fully contained, the rest of your files outside the VM are safe, and since i mainly play single player games, i'm not worried about getting locked out by anti-cheat software, which then leads to another question, how would i pass along my hardware to the VM so i can actually play more graphically intensive games? i saw a video on doing that once, but it was for Arch Linux, and i'm not sure if it would be the same process.
for the sake of inquiry here are my specs,
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 ti
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 2800MHz
thank you for reading.
i care a lot about the security of my system, which is why i switched to Linux to begin with, but hypothetically, if i were to Dual Boot with Windows for the game compatibility, and only using Windows for my games and nothing else, would security vulnerabilities whether they be from DRM or Windows own security vulnerabilities, put the files inside my Linux folders at risk? i guess to put it a different way, could an attack on the Windows side be able to reach the Linux side? and if so would a VM of Windows solve that matter?
i have heard many people say that since VMs are fully contained, the rest of your files outside the VM are safe, and since i mainly play single player games, i'm not worried about getting locked out by anti-cheat software, which then leads to another question, how would i pass along my hardware to the VM so i can actually play more graphically intensive games? i saw a video on doing that once, but it was for Arch Linux, and i'm not sure if it would be the same process.
for the sake of inquiry here are my specs,
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080 ti
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 2800MHz
thank you for reading.