[qubes-users] Re: High spec laptop for Qubes OS

2018-03-07 Thread alexclaytor
I use an Acer Aspire E5-575G-76YK and went to 32GB of the highest speed and lowest latency RAM that was compatible. I also went to a Samsung 1TB 850 Pro SSD. This Acer is well known for being a workhorse but most of all, one of the most Linux compatible notebooks out there. I love it. Plan on

[qubes-users] Re: RC5 still coming out today?

2018-03-06 Thread alexclaytor
It's posted: https://www.qubes-os.org/downloads/#qubes-release-4-0-rc5-release-candidate -- 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

[qubes-users] Re: 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 alexclaytor
I've been using Qubes for about a year. It took me a few weeks to get everything just right, I did a TON if tiny customizations for the sake of opsec. Even tho I have a Surface Pro, I use my Qubes laptop 99.999% of the time. I specifically bought an Acer laptop that was totally compatible and

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes and Whonix now have next-generation Tor onion services!

2018-02-01 Thread alexclaytor
I see on the Whonix website that's linked to it simply says: "To access the v3 onion address, Whonix users must install the latest Tor 3.2.9 client in Whonix-Gateway ( sys-whonix ) via the stable-proposed-updates repository." Any idea the commands to do this from the terminal for the

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes OS 4.0-rc4 has been released!

2018-02-01 Thread alexclaytor
Are there plans for the final 4.0 release to have a direct upgrade path from 3.2? Or do we just backup all of our VMs, fresh install 4.0, then restore our VMs? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [qubes-users] Anyone disabled the Intel ME yet?

2017-09-18 Thread alexclaytor
I see, thank you for the explanation. I had no idea ME versions were that fragmented. -- 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

[qubes-users] Anyone disabled the Intel ME yet?

2017-09-18 Thread alexclaytor
Has anyone here successfully disabled the Intel ME yet? http://blog.ptsecurity.com/2017/08/disabling-intel-me.html I'm hoping a future release of Qubes integrates this into the install process for us. Or be downloadable as a package like Anti-Evil Maid? Thoughts? -- You received this