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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: 0.217s | 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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shaky-carrousel ◴[09 Jul 22 19:59 UTC] No.32038730[source]▶
I do. I use it in a Librem 15v4, with 32GB of RAM.

It's not only about threats, it's pretty convenient. I do all my dd operations, feeling confident a mistake won't wipe out my HDD. I have a work vm and a personal vm (and many more), and I can share full screen on my work vm knowing that all personal windows are hidden.

I have files and programs organized by vms. I can try installing new applications in a disposable vm knowing well that all their files will be wiped out when I close the vm.

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hyperionplays ◴[11 Jul 22 05:27 UTC] No.32052553[source]▶
how does it cope with multi-monitor setups?
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1. fsflover ◴[11 Jul 22 18:20 UTC] No.32059720[source]▶
An external screen works fine for me. It's just xfce (or KDE).