On Sun, April 15, 2018 12:52 pm, Thierry Laurion wrote:

> Let's start a real debate aimed at improving stuff and building proper
> arguments. Pressure against manufacturers will build with market laws, and
> energy should be put where things can evolve in the meantime.

I think everyone can agree to this!

> G505s are not powerful and tough enough to run Qubes as a daily
> driver.

They don't have a titanium frame, but what laptops do these days? I did a
full Stretch linux-image build in 2.5 hours on one, but that's the
heaviest work I put it through. With 16GB RAM and a good SSD, they're fast
enough for what I need.

> ME is a really nasty piece of shit to deal with, agreed. But things needs
>  to move forward. Hiding in a cave waiting for things to magically happen
> is not enough.

I think everyone can agree to this too. I posted some thoughts on ways
forward over on qubes-devel a little while ago
https://www.mail-archive.com/qubes-devel@googlegroups.com/msg03097.html
and there were a couple related threads around the same time. Neither
Intel or AMD seem concerned about actual security, only locking down the
platform by handing over control of it to manufacturers instead of end
users.


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