Re: [qubes-users] rc04

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 01/09/2018 12:07 AM, Roy Bernat wrote: > What about release rc04? it should be release at 8/1 that was > yesterday . Delayed until the devs have a good workaround for SP1/SP2/Spectre. /Sven -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-

Re: [qubes-users] rc04

On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 1:16:10 AM UTC-5, Sven Semmler wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 01/09/2018 12:07 AM, Roy Bernat wrote: > > > What about release rc04? it should be release at 8/1 that was > > yesterday . > > Delayed until the devs have a good

Re: [qubes-users] rc04

On Tuesday, 9 January 2018 09:11:06 UTC+2, Tim W wrote: > On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 1:16:10 AM UTC-5, Sven Semmler wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > On 01/09/2018 12:07 AM, Roy Bernat wrote: > > > > > What about release rc04? it should be release at 8/1

[qubes-users] rc04

Hi What about release rc04? it should be release at 8/1 that was yesterday . Roy -- 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] HCL - Dell Latitude E6500

I was unable to get the built-in WiFi Dell DW1397 (Broadcom BCM94312HMG) adapter working. The neither the official broadcom driver nor the open-source variant would install correctly. I swapped it for an Intel card that worked out of the box. I'm unable to create HVM domains despite having

[qubes-users] i'm playing with settings manager, want to know is there a way to reset settings to default state?

In Dom0 in the setting under Preferred Application, I made few changes for Web Browser and Mail Reader and now I don't remember what was the default selection for them and if none, how to set it to none, because I've tried and cannot set to none... -- You received this message because

[qubes-users] Big if true: AMD reportedly allows disabling of the PSP (its Intel ME equivalent)

Hi. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=AMD-PSP-Disable-Option It's still yet not known whether this disabling is effective and whether it disables the PSP in its entirety. But if it does, then that would make the most recent AMD processors one of the best choices for Qubes 4.x

[qubes-users] Re: 4.0 rc3: fedora 26 minimal firewall issues

Resolved: For what ever reason my template did not have the feature qubes-firewall set to 1. Running the following command fixed it: qvm-features "NETVM" qubes-firewall 1 Is this a bug? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To

[qubes-users] Looking for a Qubes enthusiast in the Baar / Zug area of Switzerland

Dear Qubes Community, I am reaching out this way on the advise of Andrew David Wong (Axon), as I am in need of finding a part time "jack of all trades" IT person, who has knowledge of Qubes to an extent where he/she is able to implement this in a small office environment with a handful of

Re: [qubes-users] bluetooth support in dom0

On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 4:40:16 PM UTC-6, danf...@gmail.com wrote: > Any update regarding this? I have chosen to do this, it is a terrible downgrade of security from a normal Qubes system, but I think it is better than the alternative of using Ubuntu. In my case I am also not using the

Re: [qubes-users] qubes app menu keeps old templatevm entries.

On Sunday, 7 January 2018 12:32:43 UTC, Tom Zander wrote: > On Saturday, 6 January 2018 23:19:54 GMT pixel fairy wrote: > > The app menu, top left, keeps entries for old template VMs. is there a way > > to get rid of them? > > You find the data backing this in >

Re: [qubes-users] Re: how to get the update proxy working again

On Monday, 8 January 2018 06:53:46 GMT khmartin...@gmail.com wrote: > Is your new net vm different than "sys-net"? This caused me problems too. > One solution is to rename the new net vm to "sys-net" or you can edit > this file in dom0: > > /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.UpdatesProxy > > In that

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4.0 rc3 boot and performance is quite slow

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 1:27:45 PM UTC+1, Fabrizio Romano Genovese wrote: > No, my PC is a Dell XPS13, not a Latitude. But I have some news: > > The booting problem is 100% dependent on being plugged or not. Precisely, I > observed the following behaviors: > > Booting plugged: Everything

Re: [qubes-users] Looking for a Qubes enthusiast in the Baar / Zug area of Switzerland

I am bumping the thread as I greatly appreciate when companies search for applicants like this (instead of with the usual DICE posting with absurd HR specified qualifications that filter out all the honest applicants.) Also please let me know if you need advice on libre hardware purchasing -

Re: [qubes-users] Announcement regarding the Meltdown and Spectre attacks

Is there any news on a fix or work-around coming for 3.2? Converting all the templates to HVM is doable and would greatly improve security, in light of the severity of these exploits I see no reason not to do it despite it not being in the original requirements. I would appreciate advice on

Re: [qubes-users] Intel ME Backdoor, called Odin's Eye

> Or you could just buy POWER 9/TALOS 2, have a libre high performance > system right now and stop waiting for what will never happen (and would > be immediately fixed if it did) Talos 2 looks nice in theory, but: * Qubes OS does not support this architecture. So you are going to have

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

On 01/08/2018 01:37 PM, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 11:23 AM taii...@gmx.com wrote: On 01/07/2018 12:14 PM, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:57 PM taii...@gmx.com wrote: I did build PCs before, but that was literarly

[qubes-users] Re: Dom0 terminal color is blue?

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 12:02:15 PM UTC-5, Yuraeitha wrote: > On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 9:18:54 PM UTC+1, bow...@gmail.com wrote: > > Stupid question, I rarely fire dom0 terminal... is the color blue? I > > remember it being grey long ago... > > Which Qubes system version are you on,

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 11:23 AM taii...@gmx.com wrote: > On 01/07/2018 12:14 PM, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:57 PM taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > I did build PCs before, but that was literarly a life time ago (early > > 2000's), and

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

On 01/08/2018 11:34 AM, cooloutac wrote: Corsair has crap quality control, and evil engineers. EVGA on the other hand, is the best quality in PSU's I've ever seen, no matter the model. I've also had cheap psu's not work properly with a ups, but never the case with an evga psu. I hate

[qubes-users] Re: Dom0 terminal color is blue?

On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 9:18:54 PM UTC+1, bow...@gmail.com wrote: > Stupid question, I rarely fire dom0 terminal... is the color blue? I remember > it being grey long ago... Which Qubes system version are you on, and also the version of the one you refer to into the past, if you remember?

[qubes-users] Re: Dom0 terminal color is blue?

On Monday, 8 January 2018 17:02:15 UTC, Yuraeitha wrote: > On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 9:18:54 PM UTC+1, bow...@gmail.com wrote: > > Stupid question, I rarely fire dom0 terminal... is the color blue? I > > remember it being grey long ago... > > Which Qubes system version are you on, and also

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 1:55:05 PM UTC-5, awokd wrote: > On Mon, January 8, 2018 6:44 pm, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > > I would have advised purchasing a lower power single slot fanless model > > for your primary video - as that is dual slot you will be wasting one of > > your PCI-e slots.

[qubes-users] Re: Announcement: Fedora 26 TemplateVM Upgrade

On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 1:15:29 AM UTC+1, Andrew David Wong wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Dear Qubes Community, > > Fedora 25 reached EOL ([end-of-life]) on 2017-12-12. We sincerely > apologize for our failure to provide timely notice of this event. It > is

Re: [qubes-users] Announcement regarding the Meltdown and Spectre attacks

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 7:36:05 PM UTC+1, tai...@gmx.com wrote: > Is there any news on a fix or work-around coming for 3.2? > > Converting all the templates to HVM is doable and would greatly improve > security, in light of the severity of these exploits I see no reason not > to do it

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

On Mon, January 8, 2018 6:44 pm, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > I would have advised purchasing a lower power single slot fanless model > for your primary video - as that is dual slot you will be wasting one of > your PCI-e slots. You can still use that 760 and it would work fine, I > just wouldn't buy

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 1:55:05 PM UTC-5, awokd wrote: > On Mon, January 8, 2018 6:44 pm, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > > > I would have advised purchasing a lower power single slot fanless model > > for your primary video - as that is dual slot you will be wasting one of > > your PCI-e slots.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 1:38:07 PM UTC-5, Wael Nasreddine wrote: > On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 11:23 AM tai...@gmx.com wrote: > > On 01/07/2018 12:14 PM, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:57 PM tai...@gmx.com wrote: > > > I did

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes freezing (hangs) always in less than 1 hour

On Monday, 8 January 2018 00:59:29 UTC, Sameer Vao wrote: > >> If you haven't already, try running "sudo qubes-dom0-update" as soon as > >> you get in to Qubes. > > >Thank you awokd. I did but haven't solved it. > >I'm thinking something limiting memory or CPU may be the way to solve it, > >but

Re: [qubes-users] Q4.0 rc3 (current testing) - power off/ suspend issues.

On Saturday, January 6, 2018 at 2:45:59 PM UTC-5, Ralph Douglass wrote: > I’ve seen the same thing.  Perhaps nothing during shutdown is calling > qvm-shutdown on the qubes.  > > > > On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:41 PM 'Tom Zander' via qubes-users > wrote: > On Saturday,

Re: [qubes-users] Intel ME Backdoor, called Odin's Eye

> You could use POWER-KVM and have an assortment of VM's with shared > folders, you can replicate all the other stuff via various methods and > have a better security level it simply wouldn't look as slick. Not sure about that. Qubes is not just set of tools. It is also a set of careful

Re: [qubes-users] Intel ME Backdoor, called Odin's Eye

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 7:41 PM, Vít Šesták < groups-no-private-mail--contact-me-at--contact.v6ak@v6ak.com> wrote: > > You could use POWER-KVM and have an assortment of VM's with shared > > folders, you can replicate all the other stuff via various methods and > > have a better security level

[qubes-users] Graphic Tablet Compatibility (basic features)

Hello all, I'd like to use a wacom bamboo graphic tablet as an alternative pointing device, mainly to draw on virtual whiteboards to do maths in conference calls. At the moment, this is not possible: Connecting the graphic tablet and passing it to the relevant VM produces no effect whatsoever.

[qubes-users] GPG-Split + KDEWallet in Whonix

Is it possible to force KDEWallet (Whonix) to use GPG Split? KDEWallet stores system passwords in a GPG protected file. Needs pre-generated private keys. Attempting to save my password for my cloud storage WebDav in Dolphin, but would like my password stored as securely as possible. --

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4.0 rc3 boot and performance is quite slow

Well, I disabled intel speedstep in the bios and things seem to be better. Startup time now is around 1.20 mins (still better than 3mins), both in plugged and unplugged state (booting in plugged state was around 45 secs before tho). I'll use my PC for a bit more, trying another couple of

Re: [qubes-users] What is my Core m7-6Y75 CPU Missing that prevents qubes 4 from installing?

On Mon, January 8, 2018 4:01 am, cryptoph...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm running an ORWL m7-480 ( https://orwl.org/ ) and the install reported > that my CPU is not compatible (I forget the exact wording/reason). My > CPU info is below, and it does appear to have all the VTX-* etc tech > needed?

[qubes-users] Multiple usability issues Qubes 4RC3

Hello all! I apologise for the vague subject, but I have been trying all kinds of things, and I simply can't understand half of the issues, and the other half I can't seem to find a solution to. First of all I have all the respect in the world for the entire Qubes team, and I sincerely believe

Re: [qubes-users] Multiple usability issues Qubes 4RC3

On Monday, 8 January 2018 13:29:02 GMT 'Ahmed Al Aqtash' via qubes-users wrote: > * One I call 'trusted' which is based on debian sid (unstable) that I > install everything I use for daily usage (firefox, libreoffice, mpv, > emacs, other open source tools). Primarily AppVM's will be based out

Re: [qubes-users] Big if true: AMD reportedly allows disabling of the PSP (its Intel ME equivalent)

No it does not, this is simply disabling the option ROM and the PCI device. PSP can't be disabled without massive AMD intervention as it is integral to the boot process and it inits the main CPU. If you want a modern performance CPU without black box supervisor processors your choice is

Re: [qubes-users] Buy laptop

Sorry man, would you be so nice to tell me with which of these components is that laptop compatible HVMIOMMUSLATTPMXenKernel And could you let me know if it’s compatible with Qubes R 4.0 Thanks very much  Leonardo -- You received this message because

[qubes-users] Re: Announcement: Fedora 26 TemplateVM Upgrade

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 18:15:21 -0600 Andrew David Wong wrote: > > Dear Qubes Community, > > Fedora 25 reached EOL ([end-of-life]) on 2017-12-12. We sincerely > apologize for our failure to provide timely

Re: [qubes-users] Big if true: AMD reportedly allows disabling of the PSP (its Intel ME equivalent)

On Monday, 8 January 2018 10:10:17 GMT qubestheb...@tutanota.com wrote: > Hi. > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item=AMD-PSP-Disable-Option > It's still yet not known whether this disabling is effective and whether > it disables the PSP in its entirety. > > But if it does, then

Re: [qubes-users] New HCL Entry: Lenovo ThinkPad T470 (20HDCTO1WW)

Dnia Saturday, January 6, 2018 9:32:20 PM CET Sven Semmler pisze: > On 12/15/2017 03:20 AM, kotot...@gmail.com wrote: > > It does boot but the X server cannot start. Text installation did > > not work. > > Based on swami's post from 9/15/17 I suspect you need kernel 4.9 in > dom0 ... > >

Re: [qubes-users] Buy laptop

Get the lenovo g505s, it supports coreboot with open source silicon init. -- 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] Intel ME Backdoor, called Odin's Eye

On 01/07/2018 03:27 PM, Ivan Ivanov wrote: Yes, hopefully one day we would see more leaks, that could help us to truly get rid of ME ;) Meanwhile, perhaps the only thing we could do is to stockpile those few computer models that are both coreboot (or libreboot) supported and without Intel ME /

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4.0 rc3 boot and performance is quite slow

No, my PC is a Dell XPS13, not a Latitude. But I have some news: The booting problem is 100% dependent on being plugged or not. Precisely, I observed the following behaviors: Booting plugged: Everything is normal, PC is fast. If I unplug it afterwards nothing really happens and performance

[qubes-users] Re: Multiple usability issues Qubes 4RC3

Den mandag den 8. januar 2018 kl. 14.29.06 UTC+1 skrev Ahmed Al Aqtash: > Hello all! > > > I apologise for the vague subject, but I have been trying all kinds of > things, and I simply can't understand half of the issues, and the other half > I can't seem to find a solution to. > > > First

Re: [qubes-users] Multiple usability issues Qubes 4RC3

> > * One I call 'trusted' which is based on debian sid (unstable) that I > > install everything I use for daily usage (firefox, libreoffice, mpv, > > emacs, other open source tools). Primarily AppVM's will be based out of > > this template. > > > > * One I call 'untrusted' that is going to be

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Announcement: Fedora 26 TemplateVM Upgrade

> please don't apologize for your incognizable hard and important work. ;) I second the motion. I am so thankful for the Qubes team's work to protect us users. On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 5:37 AM, rob_66 wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On Sat, 6

Re: [qubes-users] qubes 4 qvm-trim not exist

On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 11:36:41 PM UTC+1, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA256 > > On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 12:45:58PM -0800, Roy Bernat wrote: > > On Sunday, 7 January 2018 22:30:39 UTC+2, Andrew David Wong wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP

Re: [qubes-users] do i need to configure usb printer in disposalVM? to print from there

also make sure to install the drivers in the dispvm's template. -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post

[qubes-users] Re: Dom0 terminal color is blue?

On Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 3:18:54 PM UTC-5, bow...@gmail.com wrote: > Stupid question, I rarely fire dom0 terminal... is the color blue? I remember > it being grey long ago... ya, it changed... not sure why. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [qubes-users] qubes 4 qvm-trim not exist

On Mon, January 8, 2018 4:14 pm, Yuraeitha wrote: > [user@fedora-26 ~]$ sudo fstrim -v / > fstrim: /: the discard operation is not supported Not entirely sure it will propagate upwards but try setting dom0 /etc/lvm/lvm.conf issue_discards = 1 and reboot. -- You received this message because

[qubes-users] Re: Multiple usability issues Qubes 4RC3

On Monday, January 8, 2018 at 3:28:26 PM UTC+1, a...@it-minds.dk wrote: > Den mandag den 8. januar 2018 kl. 14.29.06 UTC+1 skrev Ahmed Al Aqtash: > > Hello all! > > > > > > I apologise for the vague subject, but I have been trying all kinds of > > things, and I simply can't understand half of

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

Just remembered the snowden documentary, when he would type the password into his laptop covering it and his head with a blanket. Maybe we should all do that? Then they really would need to catch the electrical or radiation frequencies lol. @Wael, Thats a sweet PSU you picked. EVGA

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

Just remembered the snowden documentary, when he would type the password into his laptop covering it and his head with a blanket. Maybe we should all do that? Then they really would need to catch the electrical or radiation frequencies lol. @Wael, Thats a sweet PSU you picked. EVGA doesn't

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

Just remembered the snowden documentary, when he would type the password into his laptop covering it and his head with a blanket. Maybe we should all do that? Then they really would need to catch the electrical or radiation frequencies lol. @Wael, Thats a sweet PSU you picked. EVGA doesn't

Re: [qubes-users] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

I also would never buy corsair ram. fk that company. My fav brand is G.Skill. -- 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] Re: new Desktop build recommendation

I also would never buy corsair ram. fk that company. My fav brand is G.Skill. And ram is also backwards compatible when comes to frequencies. And when using a lower frequency you can always lower timings, and still have it in case you upgrade to higher frequency board in future. --