Re: [qubes-users] No Bootable Device after installing Qubes 4.0, Updating VMs and dom0, and rebooting

[stfunoyb]

On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 7:14:33 AM UTC-4, awokd wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > After a recent dom0 update froze my Qubes 3.2 system I'd been using for the 
> > past year and a half, I upgraded to Qubes 4.0 on the same Samsung EVO 850 
> > SSD. My PC has a Gigabyte AORUS GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) motherboard 
> > running the latest UEFI enabled BIOS.
> > 
> > After updating dom0 successfully, I restored my templates.  I then updated 
> > to Whonix-14 via the instructions for uninstall & install on the Qubes 
> > website.
> > 
> > All seemed well and I shut down. The next day when I attempted to restart 
> > my system, instead of launching Qubes, it asked for me to insert a bootable 
> > device.  I went into boot options by pressing F12 and noticed that there 
> > was no longer a "Qubes" option in the list of bootable devices.  There's 
> > there was a selection of drives, one of which was empty.  When I selected 
> > the SSD drive, I kept getting the same error, and the system still will not 
> > boot.  I have tried installing Qubes on multiple SSD drives, each time with 
> > a successful install but unable to reboot after being shut down.
> > 
> > I do not believe that all my drives have simultaneously failed.  My online 
> > searches lead me to believe that this may be related to a UEFI problem with 
> > my BIOS.  My efforts to use the Qubes Recovery option were unsuccessful.  I 
> > did find a recommendation to use reFInd on the Qubes website but the 
> > instructions are not sufficiently detailed for me to follow them.
> > 
> > Any assistance to help me get my Qubes systems back up and running is 
> > greatly appreciated.  It's a wonderful operating system and I'd love to 
> > keep using it.
> 
> Try booting recovery mode and recreating your UEFI boot entry with
> efibootmgr like
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/3Z52efsCTg0/OI2LiPAMAQAJ.

Hi,

Thank you for responding.  I apologize if I seem like a newbie - this 
particular problem is not something I've ever faced before.

I inserted the Qubes 4.0 installation CD, and noticed that there were two boot 
options corresponding to my CD Drive.  Both had the CD drive identified by 
manufacturer, but one was preceded with UEFI while the other was not.  I first 
tried to boot up with the UEFI version of the drive. It never gave me the 
option to recover a Qubes installation, it just launched directly into the 
installer.

So I shut down, and restarted using the non-UEFI CD ROM drive option.  I was 
able to get to the Qubes recovery, selected 1 (one) to attempt to find my 
installation and mount it under /mnt/sysimage/, entered the password to decrypt 
the drive, and let it do its thing.  Once it was done, I pressed enter to get 
to a shell and entered chroot /mnt/sysimage/ as suggested by the instructions.

I then attempted to execute the command at the bash-4.3# shell prompt that the 
link suggested:

efibootmgr -v -c -L Qubes -l /EFI/qubes/xen.efi -d /dev/nvme0n1p1

That did not work.  It returned an error message as follows: "EFI variables are 
not supported on this system"

I tried again but added sudo before the command, but got the same error 
message.  I attempted the process again but instead of selecting 1, I selected 
2 to mount read only (just on the off chance it would make a difference).  I 
also tried with option 3 (skip to shell), but got the same response each time.

To be sure, I went into my BIOS and made sure that the the following two 
options on the bottom of the BIOS tab were set as follows:

Storage Boot Option Control = UEFI
Other PCI Devices = UEFI

I also noticed that it detected "No NVME device found", so I am not sure if 
that would alter the command.

I attempted to change both of the options above to Legacy, and tried to execute 
the efibootmgr command again with the same result.

I welcome further suggestions on what I might try to get my system to boot 
again.

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Re: [qubes-users] location of root.img in v4.0

[Chris Laprise]

On 09/21/2018 05:30 PM, Chris Laprise wrote:

On 09/21/2018 05:10 PM, lik...@gmx.de wrote:

Hi,

there are several topics in the documentation pointing to the location 
of files like: root.img, volatile.img, private.img

here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/
or here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-template-customization/
or here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/reinstall-template/

All of them are refering to a location of these file to: 
/var/lib/qubes/{appvms,vm-templates}/MY_VM/


Unfortunately, as of version 4.0 I cannot find these files there. 
Where did they moved to?


The R4.0 default is to use thin-provisioned lvm for storage instead of 
image files. You can think of these "logical volumes" as being like 
partitions and they have device entries under /dev/mapper. To view and 
manipulate them directly you'll need to use lvm commands like "lvs" and 
"lvrename" etc. although its best to first try using the qvm-* commands 
like "qvm-volume".


To be a bit more specific, a Qubes AppVM called "work" within this lvm 
system will boot from an lvm volume named "vm-work-root-snap". This is 
because Qubes takes a read-only snapshot of the template root when the 
AppVM is started.



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Re: [qubes-users] location of root.img in v4.0

[Chris Laprise]

On 09/21/2018 05:10 PM, lik...@gmx.de wrote:

Hi,

there are several topics in the documentation pointing to the location 
of files like: root.img, volatile.img, private.img

here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/
or here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-template-customization/
or here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/reinstall-template/

All of them are refering to a location of these file to: 
/var/lib/qubes/{appvms,vm-templates}/MY_VM/


Unfortunately, as of version 4.0 I cannot find these files there. Where 
did they moved to?


The R4.0 default is to use thin-provisioned lvm for storage instead of 
image files. You can think of these "logical volumes" as being like 
partitions and they have device entries under /dev/mapper. To view and 
manipulate them directly you'll need to use lvm commands like "lvs" and 
"lvrename" etc. although its best to first try using the qvm-* commands 
like "qvm-volume".



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[qubes-users] location of root.img in v4.0

[liked2]

Hi,

there are several topics in the documentation pointing to the location of files 
like: root.img, volatile.img, private.img
here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/
or here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-template-customization/
or here:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/reinstall-template/

All of them are refering to a location of these file to: 
/var/lib/qubes/{appvms,vm-templates}/MY_VM/

Unfortunately, as of version 4.0 I cannot find these files there. Where did 
they moved to?

Thanks, Pete

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Re: [qubes-users] BT adapter with Qubes OS 4.0

[GDRUB]

Le 21/09/2018 à 15:34, Franz a écrit :
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 8:23 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users
> mailto:qubes-users@googlegroups.com>>
> wrote:
>
> GDRUB:
> > My system has only one USB controller. I haven't set up a USB qube.
> >
> > I achieved this objective on my desktop.
> >
> > %<-
> > $ qvm-usb
> > BACKEND:DEVID  DESCRIPTION    USED BY
> > sys-usb:1-1    Broadcom_Corp_BCM20702A0_5CF37060F233  personal
> > sys-usb:1-7    Logitech_USB_Receiver
> > sys-usb:1-8    Logitech_USB_Receiver
> > sys-usb:2-4    Seagate_M3_NM128GCP
> > %<-
>
> > Today, I still have problems with BT and pulseaudio. PulseAudio Volume
> > Control (pavucontrol) shows Bluetooth headset. I connect my
> bluetooth
> > A2DP headset but the video playback on YouTube stops with
> message : "if
> > playback doesn't begin shortly try restarting your device". With
> > Spotify, the songs are playing but I can't hear it. :-(
>
> Good you got the sys-usb mostly working! I've seen other posts in this
> mailing list about problems with BT and audio, but don't know if
> anyone
> was able to get it to work. Maybe try a wired headset instead?
>
>
> There are also easy adapters that take sound from the 3.5 mm jack and
> deliver it by BT 4.0/4.1, bypassing all huge BT security problems,
> with the additional advantage of being able to work with all VMs.
>
>
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It works like a charm!  I forgot to change audio profile of BT headset
device (High Fidelity Playback A2DP).

I plan to use/adapt this script :
https://m7i.org/tips/qubes-VM-bluetooth-audio/

Franz : I will test the 3.5 mm BT adapter for another use. Thx

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[qubes-users] Printer installation specifics

[Dave]

Attempting to attach Brother MFC printer/scanner

QUBES-OS 4.0 
Desktop Intel Series 9...
Host bridge: 4th Gen Core (rev 06)
PCI bridge: Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core
USB controller xHCI #1
Comm controller ME interface
USB controller EHCI #2
Audio Intel HD controller
PCI bridge PCIe port 1
PCI bridge PCIe port 4
USB controller EHCI #1
ISA bridge Z97 LPC controller
SATA controller AHCI Mode
SMBus
VGA: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Audio NVIDIA
Ethernet Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x

Completed following 3 actions:
1. created templateVM: fedora-28-minimal
2. ran [qubes-mgr] [fedora-28-minimal] [update]
3. cloned [fedora-28-minimal] to [fedora-28-min-prn] (to be print server)

Now What?
It is default PVH virt mode. Should this be HVM?

which packages to install? (from: Package table for Qubes 4.0)
also what are the "less" and "psmisc" pkgs for?

Std Utils: Install: pciutils vim-minimal less psmisc gnome-keyring

My printer is USB attached, not wireless, so it will be a USB Qube?...
Install: qubes-input-proxy-sender

For AppVMs to connect, I guess this makes it a print server, so it will also be 
a NetVM?...
Install: sys-net
or does Xen manage this?

What Services?
leave default settings or Add+ [cups] [qubes-firewall] [qubes-network]

Now do I download and install Brother drivers and software?

And finally, how to attach printer to AppVMs when needed?

*

The DOCS are superb, but this is my Linux debut, so doing my best. Everything 
has been working great and I do donate $ monthly because I'm weaning myself off 
Microsoft and proprietary sw. I was an OS/2 guy until Gerster couldn't save it. 
Also bought a KGPE-d16 to build up, so I can dump Intel too. Thanks for giving 
us a way out and a way forward.

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[qubes-users] Updating Whonix 14 errors?

[22rip]

I recently installed Whonix 14 following these instructions:

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes/Install

Everything went well and to the best of my knowledge I was able to update the 
whonix -ws and -gw using the GUI. This was last week...since then I have 
updated Dom0, Fedora and Debian templates. Everything was working well

Today I tried to update Whonix 14 -ws and -gw and I am receiving similar errors 
for both templates:

Hit:1...tor+http://deb etc, etc, etc.onion stretch InRelease
Hit:2..seemed OK
Hit:3..seemed OK
"
"
"
Ign:11 tor+http://sgvtcaew4bxjd7ln.onion stretch/updates InRelease
Err:12 tor+http://sgvtcaew4bxjd7ln.onion stretch/updates Release
Connection failed
E: The repository 'tor+http://sgvtcaew4bxjd7ln.onion stretch/updates Release" 
does no longer have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefor 
disabled by default
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repsitory creation and user configuration 
details

Press Enter to shutdown

1) I tried a manual update:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

-same error

2) I did a "Whonix chek" and it states:
INFO(Green): Whonix APT Repository Enabled
WARNING: Debian Package Update Check Result: Could not check for updates

3) If my memory serves me correctly, sometimes this error happens with Hit:13.

4) I tried searching for similar errors but couldn't find any solutions...


Any thoughts or suggestions to correct this?

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Re: [qubes-users] BT adapter with Qubes OS 4.0

[Franz]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 8:23 AM, 'awokd' via qubes-users <
qubes-users@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> GDRUB:
> > My system has only one USB controller. I haven't set up a USB qube.
> >
> > I achieved this objective on my desktop.
> >
> > %<-
> > $ qvm-usb
> > BACKEND:DEVID  DESCRIPTIONUSED BY
> > sys-usb:1-1Broadcom_Corp_BCM20702A0_5CF37060F233  personal
> > sys-usb:1-7Logitech_USB_Receiver
> > sys-usb:1-8Logitech_USB_Receiver
> > sys-usb:2-4Seagate_M3_NM128GCP
> > %<-
>
> > Today, I still have problems with BT and pulseaudio. PulseAudio Volume
> > Control (pavucontrol) shows Bluetooth headset. I connect my bluetooth
> > A2DP headset but the video playback on YouTube stops with message : "if
> > playback doesn't begin shortly try restarting your device". With
> > Spotify, the songs are playing but I can't hear it. :-(
>
> Good you got the sys-usb mostly working! I've seen other posts in this
> mailing list about problems with BT and audio, but don't know if anyone
> was able to get it to work. Maybe try a wired headset instead?
>
>
There are also easy adapters that take sound from the 3.5 mm jack and
deliver it by BT 4.0/4.1, bypassing all huge BT security problems, with the
additional advantage of being able to work with all VMs.

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Re: [qubes-users] BT adapter with Qubes OS 4.0

['awokd' via qubes-users]

GDRUB:
> My system has only one USB controller. I haven't set up a USB qube.
> 
> I achieved this objective on my desktop.
> 
> %<-
> $ qvm-usb
> BACKEND:DEVID  DESCRIPTION    USED BY
> sys-usb:1-1    Broadcom_Corp_BCM20702A0_5CF37060F233  personal
> sys-usb:1-7    Logitech_USB_Receiver
> sys-usb:1-8    Logitech_USB_Receiver
> sys-usb:2-4    Seagate_M3_NM128GCP
> %<-

> Today, I still have problems with BT and pulseaudio. PulseAudio Volume
> Control (pavucontrol) shows Bluetooth headset. I connect my bluetooth
> A2DP headset but the video playback on YouTube stops with message : "if
> playback doesn't begin shortly try restarting your device". With
> Spotify, the songs are playing but I can't hear it. :-(

Good you got the sys-usb mostly working! I've seen other posts in this
mailing list about problems with BT and audio, but don't know if anyone
was able to get it to work. Maybe try a wired headset instead?

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Re: [qubes-users] No Bootable Device after installing Qubes 4.0, Updating VMs and dom0, and rebooting

['awokd' via qubes-users]

stfun...@gmail.com:
> Hello all,
> 
> After a recent dom0 update froze my Qubes 3.2 system I'd been using for the 
> past year and a half, I upgraded to Qubes 4.0 on the same Samsung EVO 850 
> SSD. My PC has a Gigabyte AORUS GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (rev. 1.0) motherboard 
> running the latest UEFI enabled BIOS.
> 
> After updating dom0 successfully, I restored my templates.  I then updated to 
> Whonix-14 via the instructions for uninstall & install on the Qubes website.
> 
> All seemed well and I shut down. The next day when I attempted to restart my 
> system, instead of launching Qubes, it asked for me to insert a bootable 
> device.  I went into boot options by pressing F12 and noticed that there was 
> no longer a "Qubes" option in the list of bootable devices.  There's there 
> was a selection of drives, one of which was empty.  When I selected the SSD 
> drive, I kept getting the same error, and the system still will not boot.  I 
> have tried installing Qubes on multiple SSD drives, each time with a 
> successful install but unable to reboot after being shut down.
> 
> I do not believe that all my drives have simultaneously failed.  My online 
> searches lead me to believe that this may be related to a UEFI problem with 
> my BIOS.  My efforts to use the Qubes Recovery option were unsuccessful.  I 
> did find a recommendation to use reFInd on the Qubes website but the 
> instructions are not sufficiently detailed for me to follow them.
> 
> Any assistance to help me get my Qubes systems back up and running is greatly 
> appreciated.  It's a wonderful operating system and I'd love to keep using it.

Try booting recovery mode and recreating your UEFI boot entry with
efibootmgr like
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/3Z52efsCTg0/OI2LiPAMAQAJ.

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[qubes-users] HCL: Thinkpad t480s

['Dh4rm4' via qubes-users]

Hi!

I've been using Qubes on a Thinkpad t480s for a month now, and I'd like to give 
you some feedbacks about my experience.
You'll find attached to this mail, the generated report and the HCL Support 
file.

Conclusion:
Pretty much everything works out of the box.
No problem during the installation, just have to set the BIOS as "legacy".

Problem:
- can't suspend the system, it will crash when waking up. The solution I found, 
was to disable the 2nd usb controller on sys-usb (3.0 xHCI Controler)
- brightness problem: Consider the brightness value from 0 to 11, with 0 as a 
black screen and 11 the maximum brightness. I can't access brightness 1 
naturally. I must go all the way up to 11, then go down to 1. An other 
consequence of this issue, is the popup showing the current brightness having 
some visual issues.
- no support for TPM2.0. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is actually no 
support on XEN for the last TPM version.

I made a little guide on github, if it can be useful to anyone:
https://github.com/dh4rm4/A-Reasonably-Secure-Thinkpad

Have a nice day, and keep up the good work :)

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Qubes-HCL-LENOVO-20L7CTO1WW-20180921-121022.yml
Description: application/yaml


Qubes-HCL-LENOVO-20L7CTO1WW-20180921-122842.cpio.gz
Description: application/gzip

[qubes-users] Re: Purchase advice, Qubes laptop: ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE ?

[KajMagnus]

(How weird, my reply email didn't appear here, although I clicked Reply All in 
Gmail. Posting again directly in the Google Groups page then.)

Hi  @Foppe de Haann,  thanks for the info :- )

And for the tips about the Ryzen ROG.  Seems like great performance, and I'm 
curious about Ryzen.  I cannot find it here where I live, and it's more 
expensive than what I had in mind though.

The one I found:  ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE  has only 8 GB RAM, and is a bit 
inexpensive (is it?).Others have 16 GB and cost more.  8 GB & inexpensive 
suits me, since I'll remove that RAM and upgr to 32 GB anyway :- )

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Re: [qubes-users] Re: Purchase advice, Qubes laptop: ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE ?

[Magnus Lindberg]

Hi  @Foppe de Haann,  thanks for the info :- )

And for the tips about the Ryzen ROG.  Seems like great performance, and
I'm curious about Ryzen.  I cannot find it here where I live, and it's more
expensive than what I had in mind though.

The one I found:  ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE  has only 8 GB RAM, and is a bit
inexpensive (is it?).Others have 16 GB and cost more.  8 GB &
inexpensive suits me, since I'll remove that RAM and upgr to 32 GB anyway
:- )

/Magnus




On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 9:14 AM Foppe de Haan <0spinbo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 9:13:45 AM UTC+2, Foppe de Haan wrote:
> > should do okay. All Intel CPUs have an integrated GPU, so that's fine.
> If you want a development machine, though, I'd sooner go for the Asus ROG
> GL702ZC (Ryzen 7 1700, 8 cores, 16 threads). May be a bit harder to find,
> though.
>
> (It actually doesn't have an iGPU, but the rx580 has mainstream kernel
> support, so not an issue either.)
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Re: [qubes-users] BT adapter with Qubes OS 4.0

[GDRUB]

Le 19/09/2018 à 21:41, 'awokd' via qubes-users a écrit :
> gdru...@gmail.com:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to look for a USB bluetooth adapter.
>>
>> Why qvm-usb doesn't list available USB devices ?
>>
>> [user@dom0 ~]$ qvm-usb
>> BACKEND:DEVID  DESCRIPTION  USED BY
>> [user@dom0 ~]$  
>>
>> %<---
>>
>> [user@dom0 ~]$  lsusb
>> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bc2:61b6 Seagate RSS LLC 
>> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
>> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
>> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 050d:065a Belkin Components F8T065BF Mini Bluetooth 
>> 4.0 Adapter <-
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> I'm assuming you haven't set up a USB qube because you're using that
> logitech receiver for keyboard & mouse. However, from the two busses
> listed in lsusb, you may have two separate USB controllers. Check with
> lspci. If you do, you can set up a USB qube per
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb/#creating-and-using-a-usb-qube and
> assign one of your two controllers to it (the one with the Seagate
> device, assuming Qubes isn't on it). Then you should be able to plug
> your Bluetooth adapter in that controller. You may still have trouble
> with qvm-usb seeing it, but there are a couple other options at that point.
>
Hi awokd

High regard ! Thx so much.

My system has only one USB controller. I haven't set up a USB qube.

I achieved this objective on my desktop.

%<-
$ qvm-usb
BACKEND:DEVID  DESCRIPTION    USED BY
sys-usb:1-1    Broadcom_Corp_BCM20702A0_5CF37060F233  personal
sys-usb:1-7    Logitech_USB_Receiver
sys-usb:1-8    Logitech_USB_Receiver
sys-usb:2-4    Seagate_M3_NM128GCP
%<-

I have had some trouble. USB keyboard is disabled during USB qube
creation. I had to plug a PS/2 keyboard otherwise I couldn't enter my
passphrase to decrypt the luks drive.

The below command indicates an error (R4.0, using salt).

%<-
$ sudo qubesctl state.sls qvm-usb-keyboard
[ERROR   ] Template was specified incorrectly: False
local:
    Data failed to compile:
--
    No matching sls found for 'qvm-usb-keyboard' in env 'base'
DOM0 configuration failed, not continuing
%<-

I had to edit the qubes.InputKeyboard policy file in dom0 (R3.2, manual)
and hide all USB controllers from dom0 in GRUB2 (rd.qubes.hide_all_usb
removed)

Reference links :

-
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb/#security-warning-about-usb-input-devices
-
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb/#how-to-hide-all-usb-controllers-from-dom0

Qubes isn't on the Seagate device (using an SSD drive) ;-)

Today, I still have problems with BT and pulseaudio. PulseAudio Volume
Control (pavucontrol) shows Bluetooth headset. I connect my bluetooth
A2DP headset but the video playback on YouTube stops with message : "if
playback doesn't begin shortly try restarting your device". With
Spotify, the songs are playing but I can't hear it. :-(

GD

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[qubes-users] Re: Purchase advice, Qubes laptop: ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE ?

[Foppe de Haan]

On Friday, September 21, 2018 at 9:13:45 AM UTC+2, Foppe de Haan wrote:
> should do okay. All Intel CPUs have an integrated GPU, so that's fine. If you 
> want a development machine, though, I'd sooner go for the Asus ROG GL702ZC 
> (Ryzen 7 1700, 8 cores, 16 threads). May be a bit harder to find, though.

(It actually doesn't have an iGPU, but the rx580 has mainstream kernel support, 
so not an issue either.)

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[qubes-users] Re: Purchase advice, Qubes laptop: ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE ?

[Foppe de Haan]

should do okay. All Intel CPUs have an integrated GPU, so that's fine. If you 
want a development machine, though, I'd sooner go for the Asus ROG GL702ZC 
(Ryzen 7 1700, 8 cores, 16 threads). May be a bit harder to find, though.

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[qubes-users] Purchase advice, Qubes laptop: ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE ?

[KajMagnus]

What do you think about installing Qubes OS on this?:

ASUS ROG Strix GL503GE

It has this I5-8300H processor, 8th gen core i5, apparently with VT-x and VT-d 
yes:
https://ark.intel.com/products/134876/Intel-Core-i5-8300H-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

I read that a IGP is recommended: "Intel IGP (strongly preferred)" (here: 
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/system-requirements/ )  Do all laptops typically 
include an IGP? This laptop has an IGP, you think, although it has an NVIDIA 
Geforce GTX 1050 Ti card?

(I do software development. Will use the laptop to compile code, takes 10 - 100 
seconds, and run stress tests, and open 100 browser tabs. And ... during 
development, I don't feel good about pulling down 1 000 Node.js libs and typing 
`npm start` unless in a Qubes virtual machine :- ))



Hardware details: (from this specs: 
https://www.dustin.se/product/5011079435/rog-strix-gl503ge )

Type of Processor   Core i5
Processor Generation8
Processor NumberI5-8300H
Clock Speed 2.3 GHz  

Installed Memory size   8 GB
Max Supported Size  32 GB<— I'll upgrade to 32 GB RAM


SSD Hard Drive  256 GB
Interface Harddrive Serial ATA
SSD Form Factor M.2

Hard Drive Type (2nd)   HDD
Capacity (2nd)  1 TB

Display: LED backlight, 15.6", 120 Hz, TFT Technology: TN, 1920 x 1080

Graphics: Nvidia, GTX 1050 Ti, 4 GB, GDDR5 SDRAM.

Interfaces: LAN, HDMI, USB 2.0, Mini DisplayPort,
Headphone/microphone combo jack, 3 x USB 3.1 Gen 1, USB-C 3.1 Gen 2



Thanks for any help, & regards,
Magnus

(I also asked in https://www.reddit.com/r/Qubes a while ago)

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