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I must say I am tempted by Qubes OS as a way to get this level of isolation between apps. However I'd likely need a new laptop, as RAM requirements are much hig
by willtim 8y ago
I must say I am tempted by Qubes OS as a way to get this level of isolation between apps. However I'd likely need a new laptop, as RAM requirements are much higher.
- AstralStorm 8y ago8 GB is easily enough for most cases. The main source of trouble is web browsers and IDEs having problems at low memory... (As if 2GB is not enough RAM for a web browser or a glorified text editor. Shame on them!) Those same applications cause trouble on 8GB system. Of course you will need more if you want to play high end games in a VM. Or run many Windows instances as that hog eats 512 MB RAM when fully loaded in and doing nothing. (Unless it is ReactOS which is still frugal.) 16 GB RAM essentially guarantees high comfort in a such VM system as you can usually allocate extra GBs to offending special purpose VMs.
- AllegedAlec 8y agoI've been considering QubesOS for my next laptop (won't do it on desktop yet; still like my gaming too much). My old netbook is dying, and I'm considering something more powerful to do coding on. However, given that the lead of Qubes just left, I'm wondering what the future of the project is going to look like.
- chupasaurus 8y agoI can't trust anything which based on Xen and doesn't have a battalion of paid engineers for support.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoQubes OS has a significant limitation in that it isn't designed to allow anything to run in dom0, so nothing can use the GPU.