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QubesOS – A reasonably secure operating system

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176 points TheFreim | 6 comments | 11 Jul 23 18:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.231s | source | bottom
1. barbariangrunge ◴[11 Jul 23 19:07 UTC] No.36685825[source]▶
Anybody here actually use it day to day? Or is this more of a server OS?
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2. beardog ◴[11 Jul 23 19:11 UTC] No.36685873[source]▶
See my top level comment about daily driving it.
3. Zambyte ◴[11 Jul 23 19:11 UTC] No.36685875[source]▶
> Or is this more of a server OS?

It's specifically designed for desktop use

https://www.qubes-os.org/intro/

4. Infernal ◴[11 Jul 23 19:11 UTC] No.36685880[source]▶
It is explicitly not a server OS, it really only makes sense as a graphical workstation OS.
5. aborsy ◴[11 Jul 23 19:13 UTC] No.36685895[source]▶
It’s meant to be used in a single-user laptop or desktop.
6. Syonyk ◴[11 Jul 23 19:19 UTC] No.36685963[source]▶
Yeah. I started playing with it about 2 years ago, and I now caution people that "it's really a bit virus-like." It went from being on one "play" computer to being my daily driver OS on 4 machines in that time.

It's fine. You just have to be willing to operate on a "If I can't do it, then I must not need to do it" sort of basis with things like media. But that's no real problem for me, I hate video anyway.