I run Qubes and my impression is that their greatest accomplishment is that it’s easy to use multiple VMs once you get it set up. Setting it up right is way beyond average users, so yeah, sounds like legit product idea.
Exactly, it's actually a ton of work to set up a logical config / workflow post install. That's the value we're adding plus offering support (and loading onto hardware which is good for people who don't have time or don't fancy burning and installing an OS from scratch).
This is a great idea. I'm an advanced user. I work in cybersecurity in my real job and have used Linux for a few years, although I have not used Quebes yet.
Will the team be releasing any steps/documentation on how DIY users can replicate the setup? I am confident I can get everything to work properly, just don't want to take the risk of missing some important configuration.
Yes, for customers we're planning to release the source code so they have the option of a self-build, mainly to check that our configuration scripts are non-malicious, correctly verify signatures on upstream packages, and correspond to the ISO we ship. For advanced users, this would also be the place to tweak the configuration further if desired. But we also know that some people will just want us to load the ISO onto the machine so they can just pick a user/pass and login. Trying to cover all bases here!
Just discovered the qubes-builder system isn't deterministic, before we take on the work I see that ADW @ Qubes added #816 to the 4.2 release milestone...2 days ago!
Will focus on the other priorities for now, hopefully deterministic builds make it in soon, if not we'll either add a patch or tell people who care to self-build!
Dang - hopefully deterministic builds come in soon
Definitely am interested in self-building this. I have been going through Quebes Documentation to learn a bit more. Will get it installed on a flash drive to play around a bit with it
Off topic: But does the Team have any articles or guides on how to **securely** use a Ledger with Metamask ? I might have missed it.
That's an interesting idea and although I'm running on Linux and doing my best for security practices I'm clearly not at the level you describe. So I would be interested, except I don't really see the point of putting ~2.5k$ into a laptop that would be used only to make crypto transactions.
Unless you can setup a dual boot and use it for other things but I'm not sure about the risks if one OS gets compromised...
Fantastic idea guys/gals/whatever. Great way to expand the brand beyond the stack and defi academy.... best of luck!
thank you very much!
Thank you !
Is this something you are still offering - link isn't working?
I run Qubes and my impression is that their greatest accomplishment is that it’s easy to use multiple VMs once you get it set up. Setting it up right is way beyond average users, so yeah, sounds like legit product idea.
Exactly, it's actually a ton of work to set up a logical config / workflow post install. That's the value we're adding plus offering support (and loading onto hardware which is good for people who don't have time or don't fancy burning and installing an OS from scratch).
This is a great idea. I'm an advanced user. I work in cybersecurity in my real job and have used Linux for a few years, although I have not used Quebes yet.
Will the team be releasing any steps/documentation on how DIY users can replicate the setup? I am confident I can get everything to work properly, just don't want to take the risk of missing some important configuration.
Yes, for customers we're planning to release the source code so they have the option of a self-build, mainly to check that our configuration scripts are non-malicious, correctly verify signatures on upstream packages, and correspond to the ISO we ship. For advanced users, this would also be the place to tweak the configuration further if desired. But we also know that some people will just want us to load the ISO onto the machine so they can just pick a user/pass and login. Trying to cover all bases here!
253f42bd0a2faa73b5ea2a7b52e280aa8da736e3ff4fbbd4705ddbbb9ba099a9 Qubes-202302071337-x86_64.iso
8f92e2c524f70c2c58b19e74f5aff4d2beb5d9369fc8c03fe58b5503e30fc651 Qubes-202302071337-x86_64.iso
Just discovered the qubes-builder system isn't deterministic, before we take on the work I see that ADW @ Qubes added #816 to the 4.2 release milestone...2 days ago!
Will focus on the other priorities for now, hopefully deterministic builds make it in soon, if not we'll either add a patch or tell people who care to self-build!
Dang - hopefully deterministic builds come in soon
Definitely am interested in self-building this. I have been going through Quebes Documentation to learn a bit more. Will get it installed on a flash drive to play around a bit with it
Off topic: But does the Team have any articles or guides on how to **securely** use a Ledger with Metamask ? I might have missed it.
Please let me know. Thanks
Thank you, ser!
Team are chads.
How would we know you’re not shipping us a compromised device? ;)
Might offer a custom "bring your own device" option with premium support for getting installed. We'll try to cover everyone's needs eventually.
I agree, ideal case is to benefit from the supply chain security of a large supplier and unbox yourself, then install trusted software.
That's an interesting idea and although I'm running on Linux and doing my best for security practices I'm clearly not at the level you describe. So I would be interested, except I don't really see the point of putting ~2.5k$ into a laptop that would be used only to make crypto transactions.
Unless you can setup a dual boot and use it for other things but I'm not sure about the risks if one OS gets compromised...
This laptop would be for all your existing computing (windows and linux via virtual machines) plus all your crypto computing.
Once device to rule them all.
Dual boot not recommended.
Sorry I read too fast then, that's great !
qq: you guyst still sell this laptop? I see theres iguanaos.com - whats the recommended solution now?
qq: you guyst still sell this laptop? I see theres iguanaos.com - whats the recommended solution now?