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What Is Qubes OS?

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224 points LinuxBender | 1 comments | 09 Jul 22 16:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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sacrosanct ◴[09 Jul 22 17:37 UTC] No.32037442[source]▶
Anyone use this as a daily driver? I tried installing it and it crashed on first run. Should have looked at the list of compatible laptop models first. It’s a bit overkill for my needs. My threat model doesn’t require me to spawn a disposable Fedora VM just to read a PDF document. I just open a PDF in Google Docs.
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mysterydip ◴[09 Jul 22 17:44 UTC] No.32037523[source]▶
I tried probably half a year ago, and it installed fine, but I just couldn't wrap my head around how to use it right.
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nubb ◴[09 Jul 22 18:00 UTC] No.32037660[source]▶
same here. the entry bar is really high on qubes.
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1. fsflover ◴[10 Jul 22 16:23 UTC] No.32046081[source]▶
My super-short introduction: https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/newbie-tutorial-s/9349/4

You simply do everything in virtual machines. Here is why: https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/how-to-pitch-qubes-os/4499/15