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QubesOS – A reasonably secure operating system

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176 points TheFreim | 1 comments | 11 Jul 23 18:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.264s | source
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flashback2199 ◴[11 Jul 23 18:59 UTC] No.36685709[source]▶
I really like QubesOS, but you cannot run VMs inside a qube, or other things that require VMs like Docker Desktop for Linux, because the xen hypervisor does not support nested virtualization.
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hiatus ◴[11 Jul 23 19:25 UTC] No.36686060[source]▶
A qube _is_ a VM though, no? So if you wanted to create a VM, you can create a QubesOS template and instantiate that?
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flashback2199 ◴[11 Jul 23 19:32 UTC] No.36686147[source]▶
Let me know how it works for you
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haswell ◴[11 Jul 23 19:59 UTC] No.36686489[source]▶
Not a Qubes user, just a curious reader; what is the issue with this? It sounds like you’re implying that what parent said isn’t practical. I’m curious why?
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flashback2199 ◴[11 Jul 23 20:08 UTC] No.36686576[source]▶
The issue with trying to hack Docker Desktop and similar tools to boot a qube instead of a VM and somehow hack QubesOS to not isolate those qubes from each other seems self-evident to me and I don't care to explain further.
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ThePowerOfFuet ◴[12 Jul 23 09:20 UTC] No.36692116[source]▶
Technically correct, but kind of a shitty answer, no?
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1. flashback2199 ◴[12 Jul 23 15:12 UTC] No.36695739[source]▶
Do you want an answer to that question or do you want an argument?