Re: [qubes-users] X230 vs Purism - real world attack probability

2019-05-29 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
scurge1tl: Are the inits opensource by default or it needs to be flashed too? Not sure what you mean by inits. Coreboot is open source. The only required blobs are CPU microcode and video BIOS. Also how does the G505S stand against X230 in regards of performance? You could maybe check

Re: [qubes-users] X230 vs Purism - real world attack probability

2019-05-29 Thread scurge1tl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 'awokd' via qubes-users: > scurge1tl: > >> Can the G505S be bought in the setup you mentioned, with CPU/RAM >> HW init opensource and so on, or it is needed to hack it myself? >> What is the performance of the X230 versus G505S? Seems that >>

Re: [qubes-users] X230 vs Purism - real world attack probability

2019-05-29 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
scurge1tl: Can the G505S be bought in the setup you mentioned, with CPU/RAM HW init opensource and so on, or it is needed to hack it myself? What is the performance of the X230 versus G505S? Seems that X230 and G505S have 1366x768. Is there full HD option? Can the Ram be upgraded to 16GB on

Re: [qubes-users] X230 vs Purism - real world attack probability

2019-05-28 Thread scurge1tl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 taii...@gmx.com: > On 05/21/2019 09:52 AM, scurge1tl wrote: >> I have a question related to the decision about what laptop is >> the better option for Qubes usage, from the security point of >> view, in the real world. >> >> The question is

Re: [qubes-users] X230 vs Purism - real world attack probability

2019-05-25 Thread taii...@gmx.com
On 05/21/2019 09:52 AM, scurge1tl wrote: > I have a question related to the decision about what laptop is the > better option for Qubes usage, from the security point of view, in the > real world. > > The question is related to the IME on Intel, PSP on AMD and other > Hardware holes. I took these

Re: [qubes-users] X230 vs Purism - real world attack probability

2019-05-23 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
scurge1tl: I have a question related to the decision about what laptop is the better option for Qubes usage, from the security point of view, in the real world. The question is related to the IME on Intel, PSP on AMD and other Hardware holes. I took these laptop examples to sample the

[qubes-users] X230 vs Purism - real world attack probability

2019-05-21 Thread scurge1tl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I have a question related to the decision about what laptop is the better option for Qubes usage, from the security point of view, in the real world. The question is related to the IME on Intel, PSP on AMD and other Hardware holes. I took these