Re: [qubes-users] Do you use Qubes OS as your main OS on primary PC? What kind of work do you get done on it?

2018-02-13 Thread Yuraeitha 
On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 2:32:17 AM UTC+1, StefanUrkel . wrote:
> btw, is upgrading an existing Qubes install to a new version pretty much 
> simply downloading the new version and choosing an option for upgrading 
> existing installations?  or is it more involved than that or even requires a 
> fresh install?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:20 PM,   wrote:
> Without support for hardware acceleration of virtual machines, plus needing 
> specific hardware compatible with Qubes OS, what kinds of work do you get 
> done if Qubes is your main OS on primary PC?
> 
> 
> 
> I want to run Davinci Resolve, which is a video editor that runs on Linux, 
> but it takes advantage of the discrete GPU, and it seems Qubes does not 
> support hardware acceleration nor virtual machines.
> 
> 
> 
> So, I'm curious, for those who use Qubes, what actual work do you get done?
> 
> 
> 
> I've also tried playing youtube videos but found audio out of sync and I 
> could not resize or maximize the playback window.
> 
> 
> 
> I may have tried the second to latest version released so maybe things have 
> changed or will change in 4.x?
> 
> 
> 
> Not being able to run VMs, Davinci Resolve, or youtube are making me have to 
> look at other options like OS X, Windows 10, and Linux.
> 
> 
> 
> I was leaning towards OS X but enabling case sensitivity for the file system 
> can break certain apps like those from Adobe, or cause other problems.. And I 
> prefer linux/unix like command-lines to DOS, so kind of leaning away from 
> Windows 10.
> 
> 
> 
> That leaves Linux distros like Debian, Mint, e bv  But I'm wondering how 
> secure it will be compared to Qubes?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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In addition to what Tim W said, you can also keep a Qubes RC-2 install, and 
update normally to RC-3 and RC-4, simply by updating dom0 and templates, like 
you normally do, nothing special to do here. But I do recommend you read each 
release cycle news, as the developers sometimes have special notes on this 
issue as they began doing in Qubes 4 RC-X releases. For example RC-3 to RC-4 
has some notes.

But yes, 
RC-2 to RC-3, 
RC-3 to RC-4, 
and 
RC-2 to RC-4, 

should all be good paths to take.
But stay clear of RC-1, the developers recommend a re-install between RC-1 and 
RC-2.

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Re: [qubes-users] Do you use Qubes OS as your main OS on primary PC? What kind of work do you get done on it?

2018-02-12 Thread Tim W 
Major  version chanves require wipe and install not upgrade such as 3.2 to 4.0. 
 Now 3.0 thru 3.2 could be done upgrade patg but honestly I think as 
infrequently as new versions come out it worth doing a wipe and install fo 
ensure a nice clean functioning install with no legacy fragments left anywhere.

Cheers.

Tim

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Re: [qubes-users] Do you use Qubes OS as your main OS on primary PC? What kind of work do you get done on it?

2018-02-12 Thread StefanUrkel . 
btw, is upgrading an existing Qubes install to a new version pretty much
simply downloading the new version and choosing an option for upgrading
existing installations?  or is it more involved than that or even requires
a fresh install?



On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 2:20 PM,  wrote:

> Without support for hardware acceleration of virtual machines, plus
> needing specific hardware compatible with Qubes OS, what kinds of work do
> you get done if Qubes is your main OS on primary PC?
>
> I want to run Davinci Resolve, which is a video editor that runs on Linux,
> but it takes advantage of the discrete GPU, and it seems Qubes does not
> support hardware acceleration nor virtual machines.
>
> So, I'm curious, for those who use Qubes, what actual work do you get done?
>
> I've also tried playing youtube videos but found audio out of sync and I
> could not resize or maximize the playback window.
>
> I may have tried the second to latest version released so maybe things
> have changed or will change in 4.x?
>
> Not being able to run VMs, Davinci Resolve, or youtube are making me have
> to look at other options like OS X, Windows 10, and Linux.
>
> I was leaning towards OS X but enabling case sensitivity for the file
> system can break certain apps like those from Adobe, or cause other
> problems.. And I prefer linux/unix like command-lines to DOS, so kind of
> leaning away from Windows 10.
>
> That leaves Linux distros like Debian, Mint, e bv  But I'm wondering how
> secure it will be compared to Qubes?
>
>
>
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[qubes-users] Do you use Qubes OS as your main OS on primary PC? What kind of work do you get done on it?

2018-02-09 Thread lemondezurich 
Without support for hardware acceleration of virtual machines, plus needing 
specific hardware compatible with Qubes OS, what kinds of work do you get done 
if Qubes is your main OS on primary PC?

I want to run Davinci Resolve, which is a video editor that runs on Linux, but 
it takes advantage of the discrete GPU, and it seems Qubes does not support 
hardware acceleration nor virtual machines.

So, I'm curious, for those who use Qubes, what actual work do you get done?

I've also tried playing youtube videos but found audio out of sync and I could 
not resize or maximize the playback window.

I may have tried the second to latest version released so maybe things have 
changed or will change in 4.x?

Not being able to run VMs, Davinci Resolve, or youtube are making me have to 
look at other options like OS X, Windows 10, and Linux.

I was leaning towards OS X but enabling case sensitivity for the file system 
can break certain apps like those from Adobe, or cause other problems.. And I 
prefer linux/unix like command-lines to DOS, so kind of leaning away from 
Windows 10.

That leaves Linux distros like Debian, Mint, e bv  But I'm wondering how secure 
it will be compared to Qubes?  



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