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What Is Qubes OS?

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neodymiumphish ◴[] No.32038239[source]
Maybe this isn't the best place to ask this, but I'll try anyway:

I'm a consultant involved in cybersecurity who often has to build and run VMs to either test out software, run things in sandbox, or connect to TOR from a VM I'll never use again.

Having said that, I currently use Windows with VMWare Workstation, but I find it frustrating and would prefer something that's less frustrating and feels more built-in.

Is there a solution that anyone would recommend for this kind of thing? Internal networks, Windows and Linux sandboxes, etc. I use Microsoft office products regularly, and my workstation (Dell Inspiron with an i9, 64GB ram, 2tb SSD) is connected to a thunderbolt 4 dock with 2 1440 monitors. I'd prefer for a Windows VM to have passthrough to the monitors and be able to interact with the host OS via that VM, so I can still share my screen during meetings and while coordinating efforts.

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tssva ◴[] No.32039846[source]
If you just have a need for isolating Windows applications have you tried the Windows Sandbox functionality built-in to Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise version? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-pro...
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izzytcp ◴[] No.32040840[source]
It’s very different. Can I open a PDF from Windows into Windows Sandbox with 2 clicks and close with 1 after reading, nearly instantaneously, without noticing the virtualization? Nope. Windows Sandbox is just a fresh VM, almost useless.
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1. philliphaydon ◴[] No.32041129[source]
If you're on Windows, and you want to download something, install it, see what its all about.

Windows Sandbox starts in like 8 seconds to be usable and is trashed when you close it.

So its far from useless.

But for your usecase, yes it wont work.