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There are a couple imprecise or omitted details about the OS in the text. > Qubes OS is designed to be a single-user desktop operating system At the moment, i

There are a couple imprecise or omitted details about the OS in the text. > Qubes OS is designed to be a single-user desktop operating system At the moment, it's true, but multi-user support is planned: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/8958 https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/8958 > Note that the Qubes website and documentation tend to use the term "VM" and "qube" interchangeably This is because in the future a "qube" will be able to run on independent hardware: https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2018/01/22/qubes-air https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2018/01/22/qubes-air. Then, VM and qube will not necessarily be the same thing. > For example, installing software on a Fedora desktop is usually as simple as "dnf install package". But installing software to use within a Fedora-based qube requires several additional steps on Qubes OS, plus restarting VMs If the software is from the main repo, you do the same "dnf install package" in a template. There are no other steps apart from restarting the App VM (which can also be avoided if necessary). > Then again, it's also not encouraged—Bluetooth isn't considered secure, so why focus on making it easier to configure? You can use Bluetooth securely on Qubes OS (but it does require some effort to set up): https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7750#issuecomment-1295453496 https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7750#issuecom...

katehikes88 3y ago
>multi-user support is planned The github issues are nothing more than a wishlist. There doesn't seem to be any serious plans for this feature and no one seems interested in working on it. Limiting the user would require rewriting a large portion of the Qubes tools since they assume that the user has unrestricted access to the Xen API. I have looked at the feasibility of doing this myself in hopes of using Qubes in a corporate context but after looking into the architecture it became clear that I would never have time for such an undertaking. >in the future a "qube" will be able to run on independent hardware Qubes Air is vaporware and not under active development. There isn't much more to it beyond that blog post.
- fsflover 3y ago
  > Qubes Air is vaporware and not under active development This is not exactly true, see the proof of concept: https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/updates-on-qubes-air/19709/2 https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/updates-on-qubes-air/19709/2
  - katehikes88 3y ago
    I suppose you didn't see the reply from a developer right under the post you linked.
    - fsflover 3y ago
      I did. It's jut not true that it's vaporware. There was some progress.
      - katehikes88 3y ago
        A proof of concept after five years and no serious plans going forward. There are plenty of vaporware with more to show.
        fsflover 3y ago
        No serious plans during the work on the new, big release. Today, the release is finished, so it should have changed.

katehikes88 3y ago

>multi-user support is planned The github issues are nothing more than a wishlist. There doesn't seem to be any serious plans for this feature and no one seems interested in working on it. Limiting the user would require rewriting a large portion of the Qubes tools since they assume that the user has unrestricted access to the Xen API. I have looked at the feasibility of doing this myself in hopes of using Qubes in a corporate context but after looking into the architecture it became clear that I would never have time for such an undertaking. >in the future a "qube" will be able to run on independent hardware Qubes Air is vaporware and not under active development. There isn't much more to it beyond that blog post.

fsflover 3y ago
> Qubes Air is vaporware and not under active development This is not exactly true, see the proof of concept: https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/updates-on-qubes-air/19709/2 https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/updates-on-qubes-air/19709/2
- katehikes88 3y ago
  I suppose you didn't see the reply from a developer right under the post you linked.
  - fsflover 3y ago
    I did. It's jut not true that it's vaporware. There was some progress.
    - katehikes88 3y ago
      A proof of concept after five years and no serious plans going forward. There are plenty of vaporware with more to show.
      - fsflover 3y ago
        No serious plans during the work on the new, big release. Today, the release is finished, so it should have changed.