Just from what you say here, qubes does provide a significant advantage in the pw setup with keepassx running in its own appvm. other than that, it depends on how hard your adversaries are trying. another advantage of qubes is ease of disposable vms. with whonix youd have to make a template whonix workstation for the same effect, but thats a one time step that you'll probably do anyway.
qubes uses xen, which has a smaller attack surface and much better track record for vm escape vulns. if you cant use that, make sure you keep up to date on virtualbox. if you dont like virtualbox, you might be able to import whonix to libvirt / kvm. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/importing-vms-kvm-virt-v2v you will be fingerprinted as a whonix, and possibly virtualbox / kvm user. On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 9:17:48 AM UTC-7, O K wrote: > > Ok but for my purpose of being online and wanting my traffic and hardware > info isolated (and that's all I'm worried about - mainly anything that can > identify me personally), in your opinion do you think Qubes will provide me > with significant advantages for my particular needs vs. Whonix? Thanks. > > On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 11:56:48 AM UTC-4, unman wrote: >> >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 08:06:25AM -0700, O K wrote: >> > I am ONLY using my computer for web stuff, no sensitive files or info >> on my >> > computer (other than passwords in some sort of secure PW service, that >> I'll >> > set up). If I'm running Whonix in a VM, is that as secure as using >> Qubes >> > for this purpose only? >> > >> >> No, it isnt, if you are looking at Whonix running under Virtualbox or >> KVM. >> Qubes provides the best compartmentalisation of available options. >> There's a comparison of available options on the Whonix wiki. >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/90c863de-25b6-4eac-82b0-9b23a0fcdac1%40googlegroups.com.
