[qubes-users] Salt worm

2020-05-05 Thread tetrahedra via qubes-users
Qubes uses Salt, and there's something nasty going around: https://saltexploit.com/ -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Kernel development on a qube

2020-05-05 Thread 'kvb4eu' via qubes-users
Is it documented anywhere? That works well for the Linux kernel I assume. Is there a way to run qemu at all? ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, May 5, 2020 6:16 PM, Ilpo Järvinen wrote: > On Tue, 5 May 2020, 'kvb4eu' via qubes-users wrote: > > > Hi everybody. I am becoming

Re: [qubes-users] Kernel development on a qube

2020-05-05 Thread 'Ilpo Järvinen' via qubes-users
On Tue, 5 May 2020, 'kvb4eu' via qubes-users wrote: > Hi everybody. I am becoming interested in Linux kernel development. > I have read tutorials on using qemu. On a Fedora qube I could not install > qemu due to broken packages during the installation; the template was > vanilla. > Is it possible

[qubes-users] Kernel development on a qube

2020-05-05 Thread 'kvb4eu' via qubes-users
Hi everybody. I am becoming interested in Linux kernel development. I have read tutorials on using qemu. On a Fedora qube I could not install qemu due to broken packages during the installation; the template was vanilla. Is it possible and how to install qemu or do kernel development using

Re: Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Erste deutsche Rezension von Qubes OS auf Youtube

2020-05-05 Thread Anil
> I think it's important to think about these things in the context of 'threat > models'. In my non-business related activities, I often just don't care > >whether people are spying on me, and also whether they steal intellectual > property from me. Sometimes, such illicit activities may even

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Password not working a day after reinstall

2020-05-05 Thread Anil
> did you try asking the internet about this problem? > like, reading the first google hit for > "dell xps 9370 keyboard problems"? 25 years ago the first thing I would have done would have been to look for answers in books, computer magazines etc. 10 years ago, I would have googled it.

Re: [qubes-users] Password not working a day after reinstall

2020-05-05 Thread Anil
> that is not a "of course" qubes thing but your choice / configuration. > you can use a USB keyboard with qubes if you want to, including > for entering luks passphrase. Since I am not yet into the internals of Qubes OS or much customization, I use basically the default setting, where USB

Re: [qubes-users] Removing Template VMs?

2020-05-05 Thread viktor . ransmayr
Thanks for your feedback. Am Montag, 4. Mai 2020 22:25:13 UTC+2 schrieb dhorf-hfr...@hashmail.org: > > On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 12:28:27PM -0700, viktor@gmail.com > wrote: > > If I'd like to remove any old & **unused** Template VMs (e.g. Debian 9, > > Fedora 29, etc.) all I have to do is

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Password not working a day after reinstall

2020-05-05 Thread dhorf-hfref . 4a288f10
On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 11:36:27PM +0530, Anil wrote: > By the way, as I write this mail, the keyboarding is again acting up: > sometimes eating up space, sometimes emitting two for one key press. > It was working well the whole day. did you try asking the internet about this problem? like,

Re: [qubes-users] Password not working a day after reinstall

2020-05-05 Thread dhorf-hfref . 4a288f10
On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 11:25:53PM +0530, Anil wrote: > I tried to use a USB keyboard, but of course that won't work in Qubes. that is not a "of course" qubes thing but your choice / configuration. you can use a USB keyboard with qubes if you want to, including for entering luks passphrase. >

[qubes-users] Re: Password not working a day after reinstall

2020-05-05 Thread Anil
Also, I have been trying to update the templates, but except for one, updates are failing with long messages about "Error downloading packages" and "tried all mirrors". Most probably a network problem, but could there be any other reason that I could check, keeping in mind the extra VPN layer.

[qubes-users] Password not working a day after reinstall

2020-05-05 Thread Anil
I have Qubes OS on Dell XPS 9370. It seemed to have been compromised, so I reinstalled it yesterday, after updating the BIOS (though not updated IME). Everything went smoothly and I had setup it up and even copied back the data. A new password was set. I changed the BIOS admin and system passwords

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes Certified Desktop

2020-05-05 Thread Anil
I did contact them, but they have their own arguments and according to them the FSF-RYF certification is more than sufficient. They say as it is compatible with coreboot version 4.11 and Qubes OS works as expected, there is nothing more to be done in that direction. I don't have a technical answer

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes Certified Desktop

2020-05-05 Thread insurgotech
On Friday, May 1, 2020 at 4:41:16 AM UTC-4, Anil wrote: > > > Nope I can't. You would have to search around for parts following this > doc, do some soldering to adapt spi chip, buy it, reprogram it with > firmware built from source, buy compatible RAM and fastest CPU, case, power > supply

Re: Antw: [EXT] [qubes-users] Re: Erste deutsche Rezension von Qubes OS auf Youtube

2020-05-05 Thread Mark Fernandes
*Quoted quoted reply: Ulrich Windl (on Mon, May 04, 2020 at 09:50:31PM +0200)Quoted reply: Sven Semmler (on May 04 06:37PM -0500)* ... > I severely doubt you can convince the typical Windows user to use QubesOS > for daily work. "Security" is not a product you can buy, and "security" is >

Re: [qubes-users] Me (anon-whonix AppVM) -> Tor -> VPN, settup with Mullvad VPN

2020-05-05 Thread taran1s
Chris Laprise: > On 5/2/20 6:54 AM, unman wrote: >> On Sat, May 02, 2020 at 08:22:57AM +, taran1s wrote: >>> >>> >>> unman: On Fri, May 01, 2020 at 11:54:27AM +, taran1s wrote: > > > taran1s: >> >> > Chris, I tried now to connect to the kraken.com, which

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes with limited user authority

2020-05-05 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
On 27/04/2020 20.50, mark.russ...@net-c.com wrote: > I'm trying to get my head around possible use of Qubes in small/medium > enterprise environments, where the system is maintained by an admin > and the user freedom is limited by the company policies. I understand > that the current Qubes design

Re: [qubes-users] external CD writer

2020-05-05 Thread Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)
On 02/05/2020 01.23, Olaf Klinke wrote: > (Apologies for pestering this list with another newbie question.) > > So I have this external DVD-RW drive (Asus SDRW-08U7M-U to be > specific). On my Debian stretch laptop, plugging in the USB drive > creates /dev/sr0 as well as several symlinks to it,

[qubes-users] Re: disp vm template not working in fedora 31

2020-05-05 Thread galthopimap
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Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Constant firefox crashes because of Qubes shared memory

2020-05-05 Thread Foppe de Haan
On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 10:00:02 PM UTC+2, Ulrich Windl wrote: > > >>> Zbigniew Lukasiak > schrieb am > 04.05.2020 um 14:34 in > Nachricht > <25184_1588595663_5EB00BCE_25184_83_1_CAGL_UUtUxkCeqF2xj8Fud5Fwj7dfT5GanOYhxmRx6 > > > sonb...@mail.gmail.com >: > > marmarek advised me on irc to