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I'm also planning to make the switch. Do you know anyone who's tried Qubes? The finicky hardware requirements are intimidating.
by LogonType10 5y ago
I'm also planning to make the switch. Do you know anyone who's tried Qubes? The finicky hardware requirements are intimidating.
- aaomidi 5y agoI use qubes for work. I don't like it.
- LogonType10 5y agoWhat don't you like about it? I'd like to experience the drawbacks firsthand, but I don't have the hardware yet and Qubes can't be demoed in a VM.
- assbuttbuttass 5y agoI ran qubes for a while. I found it to be slow and inconvenient. The idea is nice, but practically it's like running fedora except everything takes twice as long to start up.
- aaomidi 5y agoIt's inconvenient as fuck with a very specific security model that makes sense for my use case, but doesn't for most. But generally it's just annoying.
- yiukufkdu 5y agoI've used Qubes at home and at work for about a year now. I like it. It definitely requires thinking differently and sometimes simple things are less simple, but overall I feel it's worth it. It's rewarding to feel that you're in control. Some things I like: - Having password manager in a Qube(/VM) that cannot access the internet (and the VMs that can, are of course isolated from the password VM). - Logging out of your bank, and when they tell you to "clear your cache and cookies", you do one better and actually destroy the whole OS, because you opened the browser in a disposable VM. - Needing to attach the microphone (or camera) to a VM before it can be used. - Ability to have specific VMs' network go through a VPN/Tor. edit: oh yeah, and consider trying Qubes 4.1 release candidate, which could possibly have better hardware compatibility.