Fresh install of Qubes 4.1 on Lenovo X230 with 16 GB RAM, 500GB Samsung SSD.
Runs with original Qubes 4.03. After Qubes 4.1, on the upper right hand side of screen. I see my account name, and to the left a flickering of something that starts and then goes away. The entire top twitches left to right every second or two. Pretty annoying The first solid icon, on the left, is the ClipBoard. Guessing it is either the Q for Qubes Manager or the Update Icon. Not a biggie. I tried Qubes 4.1 as I had issues trying to upgrade Qubes 4.03. I got Fedora 31 to download and install. I had and error message when I started the Software Manager I had something can not find repository, or that is how I interpreted it. I thought I might get it to clear by running the scripts in terminal dom0 that are available for installing Fedora 31 in a different way. I appreciate that the smart people who made copying into dom0 difficult. It is the correct security procedure. I should admit I appreciate it. Thought might be useful if the next time you send out a version of Qubes, that you left in Dom0 a note file of the different scripts that will be useful about the time of initial install. Saves a newbie a lot of time searching for information and then trying to get it to work. As I do not have at home internet, or a place to plug an ethernet cable in, I find it is easier to download an entire Iso of Qubes, and start over. I have not used Qubes long enough to have much in the way of data files to lose. However, my approach emphasizes to me how important it is to me to do proper backups of my data. Easier to recover from problems, upgrade. Which makes me wonder how some view backups with Qubes. Generally it has been my experience with computers that any sort of auto backup meant to make backups easy, tend to find unique and creative ways to fail just when one needs them. I imagine that you folks have a lot more understanding of this than I do. I plan on simply copying from a Qube, like say work, or personal, vault into an Veracrypt container on an USB drive. Multiple drives on multiple days, and times. I don't expect you guys to warn me of problems of it involves decrypting on the laptop side, and re-encrypting to the USB drive. I will test through and discover what recipe works. I did think it seems to be an issue for some now, in that some on the Users forum have problems getting data off a previously used drive. Maybe you fellows might think and find an easy option for those who are less experienced, knowledgeable, and have less patience trying to trick a computer into doing what I think it should do. The way I think it should do it. I have been told that for an experienced user, the upgrades are easier. Thank you for your efforts. I realize that for every hour I spend trying to install Software, you fellows have probably spent several thousand hours. I hope this Post was clear, even if too wordy. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/e57b79a3-4ae3-4ebc-a1ca-5919c1eedd72o%40googlegroups.com.
