Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R4.2 EOL: No upgrade path for installations with Windows and QWT

2024-04-14 Thread Steve Coleman
> I got used to use safer ways to copy files from my Windows to other qubes If there are alternative ways to perform any of these lost operations without the drivers then this should be documented to at least partially alleviate the problem. There must be a way even if that requires using a

Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R4.2 EOL: No upgrade path for installations with Windows and QWT

2024-04-14 Thread Andrew David Wong
On 4/13/24 8:56 AM, jmake2 via qubes-devel wrote: > [...] > > So, am I getting it right that QWT is not deprecated? I was afraid for a > moment. As stated in the QSB, the developers are still working on QWT, so it is not deprecated. > As it was discussed previously, the QWT package can be

Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R4.2 EOL: No upgrade path for installations with Windows and QWT

2024-04-14 Thread Hugo V.C.
Interesting topic. I tried to use QWT long ago and, fortunately, didn't worked so since the very beginning I got used to use safer ways to copy files from my Windows to other qubes (I prefer not to give details here). In the last two years I have been tempted to debug what was happening with my

Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R4.2 EOL: No upgrade path for installations with Windows and QWT

2024-04-14 Thread jmake2 via qubes-devel
Apr 14, 2024, 13:38 by skydive...@gmail.com: > Interesting topic. I tried to use QWT long ago and, fortunately, didn't > worked so since the very beginning I got used to use safer ways to copy files > from my Windows to other qubes (I prefer not to give details here). In the > last two years I

Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R4.2 EOL: No upgrade path for installations with Windows and QWT

2024-04-14 Thread Gerhard Weck
I think, here a word of caution is appropriate regarding the use of Microsoft-signed keys. As a current CISA report shows, there have been severe security breaches in the Microsft

Re: [qubes-devel] Qubes R4.2 EOL: No upgrade path for installations with Windows and QWT

2024-04-14 Thread Rob Townley
Ten days ago, it came out that a nation state bullied the single lone developer of `xz`. There were some Windows Tools for running Windows on QubesOS. They worked. Windows ran fast even though debug mode had to be enabled which could make it less secure. After Feb 2022, I was very hesitant