On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 12:03 PM Chris Laprise <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/3/19 11:12 PM, Sphere wrote: > > I believe this is because of a vast difference of manpower and > popularity between Ubuntu and Qubes. Also taking into consideration the > use-case of Qubes when it comes to popularity. > > Even what Ubuntu can do is fairly limited. Have a look at their support > forums... what you'll see is a whole lot of Nvidia troubleshooting > threads. So I believe the difference between Ubuntu and Qubes in this > respect is a matter of degree that may not be so great. > > The larger problem is that the relationship between Microsoft and large > hardware vendors gives a false impression that PCs are made of things > that are just made to be "compatible". No - They are made to be > compatible with Windows and a lot of the stuff that's inside is based on > proprietary secrecy. A subset of models promise to be Linux compatible, > but most users don't think to look for these because they labor under > the aforementioned false impression. > > But I will say - A system labeled as Linux-compatible is a pretty good > starting point for Qubes. There is no guarantee, but if it means taking > a chance on an unreported make/model then Linux-compatible status > improves your chances that Qubes will work. > > -- > > Chris Laprise, [email protected] > https://github.com/tasket > https://twitter.com/ttaskett > PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "qubes-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qubes-users/VyeK6Yhv1cI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/29663b78-40c2-d39d-ddbe-0e9a3e90a2de%40posteo.net > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > Let focus on what is possible in terms of a solution to mitigate issues and increase conversion. I think at this point, creating an iso modification script/tool with menu options would be a great start. $ qubes-iso-cfg -i <original iso file> -o <modified iso file> OPTIONS -------------- 1. Disable Nvidia Driver. 2. Enable .... 3. Add <...> config to BOOTX64.CFG 4. ... Something like that. Menu options could be more specific. What do you think? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/CAC8odJM%3D%3DEd%3DML22nLq3UsK5N2j3n8rG6swxD36E6vxrgqQcxQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
