Re:Qubes OS 4.2.1 has been released
by processunknown on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @03:50PM
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Spectrum OS aims to more lightweight but its not a drop in replacement nor is it stable afaik. https://spectrum-os.org/
Re:Qubes OS 4.2.1 has been released
by not_a_real_56 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @04:14PM
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Thanks for the link, reading it now. :)
Re:Qubes OS 4.2.1 has been released
by Modified3019 on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @07:22PM
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The livestream recordings page (which I am not suggesting you sit down and try to watch, just have a look at the titles/thumbnails) offers a nice peek into the development. IMO it provides a little better context of where the project is at than the project page.
https://diode.zone/c/spectrum/videos?s=1
Nowhere near ready, but definitely a project to check back in yearly on.
> The solution of running every application inside a VM
This is not how you're supposed to run Qubes: https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/#does-qubes-run-every-app-in-a-...
16 GB of RAM should be sufficient for a simple setup.
> other security tools like BSD Jails or containers could offer a similar level of security
Not really: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39250975
While you could argue VM are more secure, other security tools like BSD Jails or containers could offer a similar level of security for a fraction of the resources that QubesOS uses.
And if I am really being honest, not many people need that level of security as the main goal of Qubes is to prevent a system compromise, but most people have cell phones, cloud accounts, and are getting their uses names and passwords leaked through security breaches all the time, something that Qubes cannot prevent.