PubesOS

also OP the #qubes channel on freenode is surprisingly active, if you need help getting it running on your machine you'll probably find it there.

even better

ok

bumpin the qubes thread

Shit is only good for browsing with multiple vpns at once which isn't even offically supported, you have to set it up yourself

This, install xen and don't bother with this crap.

Get a load of this tryhard faggot.

I've used QubesOS as my daily driver for over a year, and for the most part have been impressed with it. Its killer feature, imo, is seamless desktop integration, which allows an application running in a VM to integrate with the desktop just like a native window. It makes using software in VMs a cinch, and there's no other solution anywhere near as good as Qubes implementation that I've found. It's unfortunate, really, because I don't like the direction Qubes is heading with the releases following 4.0. They plan to introduce "Qubes Air" which will introduce a whole slew of cloud integration stuff - way too much complexity into what is supposed to be a security OS. Hence I'm ditching it once Qubes 3.2 is EOL. It's a shame, because the 3.2 desktop integration is elegant and functional, and perfect for my workflow.

That blog post turned me away too, it is unbelievable how it seems to be made to use chrome, google docs and everything in the cloud. Why even bother with local isolation if you are giving away everything to remote servers? They even want you to access a qubes instance running on aws or whatever which is far less secure than any GNU/Linux distro running locally. The "Hybrid" thing still requires special hardware like the local version but also gives your data to Big Internet on a silver platter.

It's a crazy decision, user, and in complete opposition to the principles that Qubes was founded on. The only rationale I can think of is that Invisible Labs intends to get into the hosting game; i.e. they'll offer a 'trusted' hosting solution for customers that can't run Qubes locally, due to hardware requirements or whatever. Even then it doesn't make much business sense, because the users that are most interested in an OS like Qubes are the very same users that will balk at having their personal data hosted on infrastructure they don't control. It's sad when a project has reached maturity, and the developers - not realising that fact - begin adding features for features' sake that detract from the original vision.

Whoever says that probably says it in order to antagonize anyone who says anything relating to security.

What processor are you using in your t500? mine only has an option for VT-d