[qubes-users] Re: Qubes 4.2 installation problems due to Salt alone - what to do?

2024-04-15 Thread Catacombs
Hmm, You might find it more useful to join the Qubes Forum, https://forum.qubes-os.org/ I wanted to reply, so you felt someone will help. Perhaps Clarify some things. Seems from your discussion of SALT, you know something of Linux. If the standard install did not finish correctly. I am

Re: [qubes-users] Configure Network Qubes 4.2

2024-03-25 Thread Catacombs
I am sorry I was slow to reply. I was having problems today, apparently from the large solar flares we have been having the last several days. Some of it is reflective of a earlier version, but https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/ On Monday, March 25, 2024 at 5:12:23 PM UTC-5 Catacombs wrote

Re: [qubes-users] Configure Network Qubes 4.2

2024-03-25 Thread Catacombs
HI, Not exactly sure if this is what you want. It is an excellent question for a newcomer. Upper right hand side of screen. Red, Two red terminals. Click on this. What do you get? On Monday, March 25, 2024 at 11:43:31 AM UTC-4 Bapak Ireng wrote: > Sorry, i discuss in the Qubes

[qubes-users] Re: problem with 4.2 rc5 installation source

2023-12-20 Thread Catacombs
hi, sorry if it was wrong, but I sent your home email from a proton account. It might have gone to spam. The Qubes OS group just released Qubes 4.2 Final, which might accomplish install more ---directly. I usually haunt the Qubes Forum.https://forum.qubes-os.org/, where you might get more

Re: [qubes-users] Problems with announced Fedora 35 templates

2022-06-10 Thread Catacombs
With Fedora 34 having reached EOL now, is there anything else I can do, other than a complete new installation of Qubes OS R4.1 ? With kind regards, Viktor HI, I am not an extremely knowledgeable Qubes user, but, I did not want your post to go on like no one cared. I am pretty sure the

[qubes-users] Re: Witch one is the best?

2020-09-20 Thread Catacombs
And the second one never put on the web: Silitech Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10 GHz 3.10GHz Mémoire 16.0 Go ram Système d’exploitation 64 bits Windows 7 Familiale Premium This sounds like it is a similar to a Lenovo X230, which is the only PC which the Qubes website names as a

[qubes-users] Re: Witch one is the best?

2020-09-20 Thread Catacombs
And the second one never put on the web: Silitech Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10 GHz 3.10GHz Mémoire 16.0 Go ram Système d’exploitation 64 bits Windows 7 Familiale Premium This sounds like it is a similar to a Lenovo X230, which is the only PC which the Qubes website names as a

[qubes-users] Re: Installation error. Alienware M17 R3, I9 10thgen, rtx 2080, 32Gb ram

2020-09-19 Thread Catacombs
"I knew the graphics was going to be an issue as it has always been with Nvidia. This time round though i'm at a loss." I am probably not as Linux savvy as you, just an experience which might give you insight. I have been working on an Alienware 17 inch, Core I7 Skylake processor, 16 GB

[qubes-users] Re: Installation error. Alienware M17 R3, I9 10thgen, rtx 2080, 32Gb ram

2020-09-19 Thread Catacombs
"I knew the graphics was going to be an issue as it has always been with Nvidia. This time round though i'm at a loss." I am probably not as Linux savvy as you, just an experience which might give you insight. I have been working on an Alienware 17 inch, Core I7 Skylake processor, 16 GB

[qubes-users] Re: Has anyone had a qube compromised?

2020-09-06 Thread Catacombs
Seems like a good question, in that it goes to one of the ways I could shoot myself in the foot, and compromise all my security efforts. I thought the point was, after each use of AppVM, close it and start another AppVM. That would make your question to be more like, if one of my AppVM

[qubes-users] Latest download of Qubes is where?

2020-08-13 Thread Catacombs
Yes, I understand that the latest stable version is 4.0.3.. Just is, I am person who is kinda just fooling around, and I only have so many hours during a week for investigating Qubes OS. My online ability is limited to public WiFi, and a small amount of Hot Spot from my phone. It is easier

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes-OS architecture.

2020-08-02 Thread Catacombs
On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 6:35:03 AM UTC-5, Jason Long wrote: > > Why not a good document about it? > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >

Re: [qubes-users] External Fully Encrypted SSD Drive. What do you think?

2020-07-29 Thread Catacombs
> > . >> > > If it's not difficult for you, can you recommend specific models that are > of the same quality and build level as the MacBook, or maybe even better? > Price > doesn't matter. > > > I presume you are asking about which computer one might buy? I will say some things, and

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes-OS nature.

2020-07-04 Thread Catacombs
On Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 2:40:58 PM UTC-5, Jason Long wrote: > > Hello, > The Qubes-OS is secure in nature or just secure in Virtualization? > How about the system resourced that it using by default? > > Thank you. > Qubes is secure in how one uses it. I would prefer, that some of the more

[qubes-users] Re: Does qubes protect against all firmware viruses ?

2020-06-09 Thread Catacombs
On Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 9:39:26 AM UTC-5, Catacombs wrote: > > > > On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 1:00:17 PM UTC-5, tomas.s...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> I understand, that Qubes compartmentalizes OS and parts of OS don't have >> access to other parts of the OS. So

[qubes-users] Re: Does qubes protect against all firmware viruses ?

2020-06-09 Thread Catacombs
On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 1:00:17 PM UTC-5, tomas.s...@gmail.com wrote: > > I understand, that Qubes compartmentalizes OS and parts of OS don't have > access to other parts of the OS. So even if you had virus in your firmware > of a network card, it wouldn't matter. I know firmware viruses

[qubes-users] Re: Help with "Missing Features HAP/SLAT/EPT/RVI, Interrupt Remapping"

2020-06-09 Thread Catacombs
On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 9:16:40 PM UTC-5, lugnut808 wrote: > > Hi all, > > New user here, trying and failing to install Qubes R4.0.3 on a new Dell > Precision 3630 Tower with Xeon E-2288G cpu. > > I verfied the ISO and wrote it to a USB stick with dd. > > If I set the BIOS to boot from

Re: [qubes-users] Obtaining genuine Qubos installer

2020-06-03 Thread Catacombs
If the Corona Virus pandemic is over. Go to black hat convention in Las Vegas. Collect PGP keys from those you decide you can trust. Collect some DVDs of Linux ISO’s from those you trust. Maybe similar Hacking conventions in Europe. Where did get hardware? I dunno. If I am really

[qubes-users] Re: HCL - Lenovo Thinkpad t450s

2020-05-27 Thread Catacombs
On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 9:02:34 PM UTC-5, Mad Man with a Blue Box wrote: > > I would attach the HCL file but I cannot for the life of me figure out a > way to get it off the laptop or to get the laptop online. > > Anytime I try installing Qubes on this device it says errors and must be

[qubes-users] Re: Private Tor Bridge.

2020-05-27 Thread Catacombs
On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 8:39:27 AM UTC-5, Catacombs wrote: Not sure if Qubes Users is the best place to bring this up. As I look at the various means to get on the Internet, in risky situations: Public WiFi. Hotels. A country which is involved in spying on its citizens

[qubes-users] Private Tor Bridge.

2020-05-26 Thread Catacombs
Not sure if Qubes Users is the best place to bring this up. As I look at the various means to get on the Internet, in risky situations: Public WiFi. Hotels. A country which is involved in spying on its citizens. I notice that Tor has a means for "Bridges." A Bridge being an IP Address that

[qubes-users] Next update of Qubes?

2020-05-23 Thread Catacombs
I see that Qubes does not announce planned new releases of Qubes, or state what should trigger an update. I am between updating Qubes with Fedora 32, which also means creating AppVMs, I am not sure how I would update the Work VM, as it is, I am guessing, based on Fedora 32. All this

Re: [qubes-users] Re: HCL - Latitude E6230

2020-05-10 Thread Catacombs
“Install hanging at Network “ My install stopped a really long too at ‘Network’. It finished though and works.I have error messages during boot. Which I should probably search out. But Linux usually has messages that refer to hardware I do not have. Installing wireless software

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes better dove tailed for Journalists, and Human Rights Workers.

2020-05-09 Thread Catacombs
Which side are you. Techi Geek type? Or some type Investigator? -- 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.

[qubes-users] Qubes better dove tailed for Journalists, and Human Rights Workers.

2020-05-08 Thread Catacombs
To be clear, the folks who have put together and developed QUBE's have done a fantastic job. A great accomplishment. I bet this has been discussed before. Much of what I have experienced is that QUBE's users should be more like techy geeky people. A Journalist or a Human Rights

[qubes-users] Different hardware, far nicer Qubes experience

2020-05-06 Thread Catacombs
I had been using QUBE's on a Lenovo X230, which in my opinion has a TouchPad that is difficult, and a keyboard that is not very pleasant. That one does not like an external wired mouse. Keeps disconnecting mouse. I just put QUBE's on a 2016 Alienware 15 R2, which has a Core I7 Skylake

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

2020-05-06 Thread Catacombs
On Monday, May 4, 2020 at 12:13:55 PM UTC-4, galth...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello, I hope someone can help with this. > > I have a modified fedora 31 template which I want to use as a disposable > VM. > > I have done this: > > Created a app vm called my-dvm based on my-f31-template using the

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

2020-05-06 Thread Catacombs
Perhaps your internet connection. Your problems remind me of my brother in the days of telephone connection and his cat thinking the telephone wire was a great plaything. And clawed wires up. Hope you find the money to buy another computer. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [qubes-users] Re: disp-vm whonix torbrowser open tabs file?

2020-05-04 Thread Catacombs
”l have a whonix disposable tor browser whonix vm running with a load of tabs open, maybe 30 but I can't check the precise amount because the tabs don't scroll anymore. “ Consider creating a clone of Whonix Template QUBE, make all your Tabs Favorites. Used to be an option in Firefox to

[qubes-users] disp-vm whonix torbrowser open tabs file?

2020-05-04 Thread Catacombs
Would it work to create a clone of whonix template QUBE. Then create the tabs you want, save that before you do anything that might leave Malware in this template? Perhaps increase the memory allocation for this QUBE with the hope of the many TABs causing a hang. Another option is to

[qubes-users] Re: Fedora 30 approaching EOL, Fedora 31 TemplateVM available, Fedora 32 TemplateVM in testing

2020-05-03 Thread Catacombs
I used Iphone as a hot spot. After I had WiFi working I started Whonix. Went to System/terminal used the update command with —clean in the middle of it. At some point it switched to a second server or repository. I have now used up 4.4 GB of my ten GB HotSpot with thirty days left. I

Re: [qubes-users] Fedora 31 ?

2020-05-03 Thread Catacombs
I get the same error message. After I typed sudo and so on. It never asked for a password. I set when I first installed Qubes onto this to do updates through Whonix. I am also guessing the repo servers might be busy right now. I am using a public WiFi (McDs). Which tries to block any

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Fedora 30 approaching EOL, Fedora 31 TemplateVM available, Fedora 32 TemplateVM in testing

2020-05-01 Thread Catacombs
Will there be a new release of QUBEs to avoid a new release of iso? -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Anyone here try VMware in place of QUBES?

2020-04-30 Thread Catacombs
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Re: [qubes-users] Anyone here try VMware in place of QUBES?

2020-04-30 Thread Catacombs
On Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 11:09:59 AM UTC-5, Catacombs wrote: > > My apple is from 2009. Which I upgraded until I got to Mac OS 10 Lion. > One of the Apple tech support suggested to defer OS 10 updates as the > features added were for Syncing between different devices

Re: [qubes-users] Anyone here try VMware in place of QUBES?

2020-04-30 Thread Catacombs
My apple is from 2009. Which I upgraded until I got to Mac OS 10 Lion. One of the Apple tech support suggested to defer OS 10 updates as the features added were for Syncing between different devices like IPhone, IPad, ICloud, other Apple computers. I would call them security holes. Besides

[qubes-users] Anyone here try VMware in place of QUBES?

2020-04-29 Thread Catacombs
I have used VMware on a Mac. I do not the idea of OS X being the base of my security, however like they say about a lot of Apple, it just works. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

[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?

2020-04-29 Thread Catacombs
Do you see a security problem with the Lenovo X230. Or is it a speed problem that makes you look elsewhere? -- 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] Blanking memory for security?

2020-04-25 Thread Catacombs
That is for a QUBE to write over the memory it occupies, before it takes over the memory, or as it leaves the memory. Or should I say writing over the memory, likely some RAM, some virtual on the drive with a pattern. Does QUBEs do that? Should I be concerned if it does or does not? -- You

[qubes-users] Q: LV (disk) as fake USB stick?

2020-04-21 Thread Catacombs
Not sure I grasp where you are, what your hardware is like, and what you consider successful. Let me say that another way. I suspect you are trying to install Qubes OS in conjunction with some other OS on the same computer. I view the install of Qubes. Qubes prefers to be the sole

[qubes-users] How to install Pure OS as standalone

2020-04-18 Thread Catacombs
Like I notice that a Fedora VM has a memory of 2048. Seems low. During install I guess it did not see my 16 GB RAM and set a minimal number in case my RAM was 4 GB. So I should probably modify Fedora Template as well? Debian Template? Not sure about Whonix. I have to look. -- You

[qubes-users] How to install Pure OS as standalone

2020-04-18 Thread Catacombs
A Bit of advice would save me a lot of trial and error. Put Pure OS onto a DVD in a bootable format, as if I was installing from DVD onto hard drive. I create Stand Alone Qubes select install. I have Lenovo X230 with 16 GB RAM and a 500 GB drive. Settings. Memory I take to mean how much RAM.

Re: [qubes-users] Intel Management Engine and RNG

2020-04-17 Thread Catacombs
I would have thought someone could suggest a more trustworthy RNG. One of original means of trustworthy communications was to use two different computers. One was air gapped and used to write encrypted email. And later to open and decrypt email from the online computer. Point being

[qubes-users] Intel Management Engine and RNG

2020-04-17 Thread Catacombs
It is my understanding that “the “Number Generator” is on the MOBO. Could the “Intel Management Engine” be changed to alter the RNG to create weakened Encryption? Could the IME be altered to load malware to steal Passwords and then to send them somewhere. -- You received this message

Re: [qubes-users] Creating ones own Insurgo

2020-04-16 Thread Catacombs
As I read on the git hub Skulls page. There is an individual who bricked his Lenovo X230 with trying to install CoreBoot. and can not reinstall his back up of his original BIOS/EFI. Not a lot of advice on that board. Day before yesterday I put a spinning hard drive into my X230 to

[qubes-users] Creating ones own Insurgo

2020-04-15 Thread Catacombs
I purchased a refurbished Lenovo X 230 Core I5, 4 GB RAM, and a spinning hard drive, Windows 7 Pro for $228.00. I ordered 16 GB RAM for about a hundred dollars. I thought the RAM would be less expensive. My first mistake was to raise the BIOS/EFI to 2.77. Turns out Intel encrypts

Re: [qubes-users] Privacy Beast vs Nitropad comparison?

2020-04-15 Thread Catacombs
Librem pricing shows two prices for including a Nitrokey sending key separately or with laptop. I assumed that would be to verify shipment had not been tampered with. I guess I misunderstood how that really worked. If it is not encrypted properly. Then that would not be close enough to

Re: [qubes-users] Privacy Beast vs Nitropad comparison?

2020-04-14 Thread Catacombs
Your choice between NitroPad or Insurgo might depend on where you live. I think Insurgo is based in north America, and Nitro is based in Europe. Different taxes, shipping problems, searches. I thought they both allowed for non-tampered shipping security with NitroKey. Option three is is the

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

2020-04-08 Thread Catacombs
Sorry memory better now. That was three years ago. Windscribe was the VPN that was easy to install, in a Debian based distro. Are you installing in the Template or a stand alone VM? I obviously do not have the experience - knowledge you would want. But my experience with a VPN under Linux

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

2020-04-08 Thread Catacombs
I have never used Mullvad or a VPN under Qubes. However, I seem to recall having problems with udp, I think you want tls and tcp. If you DuckDuckGo the differences. You might see udp is not so great. Also. Usually to get a VPN to work in Linux you must turn off IPv6. That is the one

Re: [qubes-users] Building a new pc for running Qubes OS

2020-04-08 Thread Catacombs
Six weeks ago I saw workstations at Salvation Army thrift store. From some company who did video editing. Windows 7 era. Xeon, 32 GB RAM. No keyboard mouse or monitor. Usually these have had hard drives removed. No warranty. No return. They have zip ties to keep people from feeling

Re: [qubes-users] Cloning Qubes onto a USB flash drive.

2020-04-06 Thread Catacombs
I started to do that. Good idea. But I recalled. Long ago. That Apple support, when I had it, told me to never copy USB to USB. I guess because it overheats the USB innards. Maybe you meant start install iso from inside an os in laptop. Like inside an App VM. And install from there.

[qubes-users] nuc hades canyon - intel vt-d, and virtualization are on and still showing the IOMMU error

2020-04-06 Thread Catacombs
Please do us all a favor and clearly tell us what solved this. Meaning only try one thing at a time. I see a lot of posts like this. I had the error message and I can not tell you which I did to solve it. But it is time to amass a data base of what works. What causes error. I have read

[qubes-users] What does ISP see when my computer connects?

2020-04-05 Thread Catacombs
And what the ISP sees after I start a Qube? How can I see what my MAC is on a receiving website. Documentation suggests that it would see a spoofed MAC. But that spoofed MAC needs to be unpredictable and look normal. When I had at home internet, the ISP allowed me onto their connection

[qubes-users] Cloning Qubes onto a USB flash drive.

2020-04-05 Thread Catacombs
Anyone have any experience with Cloning a working Qubes onto a 32 GB 3.1 flash drive to later boot off of? What is a useful piece of software to do the clone, that I can run as off another USB key as a live version of Linux. Could the cloned version of Qubes on the USB Flash drive be used

[qubes-users] Installing Core Boot Skulls onto Lenovo X230

2020-04-05 Thread Catacombs
Hi. I will soon attempt to install Core Boot Skulls onto my Lenovo X230. I purchased the X 230 with a Core I5 and 4 GB RAM. I have done several things that I now know will not make the task easier. Some of the advice on doing this is two years old and for a slightly different X 230. I

[qubes-users] never ending Bootstraph phase at 85%

2020-04-03 Thread Catacombs
Upper right hand side of screen. Cherry Red Icon of two monitors. Click on it. Choose your internet connection. Upper left. Applications. Click on it. Choose says-firewall. Firefox. Which should start Firefox with no protection. Which should start easier than Whonix or Tor. Search.

[qubes-users] Install Qubes in Odroid H2,

2020-03-28 Thread Catacombs
Qubes must be installed “bare metal”. Nothing underneath it.I have not done so, I. believe Ubuntu could be a guest OS. Those error messages presume Qubes was installed first. Beware Qubes can want to take over the entirety of drives on computer. Might not be mandatory with the

[qubes-users] thinkpad x220: ," unsupported hardware error" during install, black screen after install

2020-03-28 Thread Catacombs
Another work around is to burn the Qubes iso onto a DVD. Boot from that DVD and install. Seems to work every time. I get an error message but the resulting Linux seems to work. I am not satisfied. I will work on this some more next week. -- You received this message because you are

[qubes-users] thinkpad x220: ," unsupported hardware error" during install, black screen after install

2020-03-27 Thread Catacombs
Hi. I have had some different symptoms with different distros on different computers. In one set of cases of installing a distribution of Linux on a USB key it does strange things. A live version on a USB key will start run as though it is happy. Then when I install off the same USB key, the

Re: [qubes-users] Privacy Screen. How to

2020-03-26 Thread Catacombs
I will have to get some kind of WiFi antenna as well. My risk as a 70 year old diabetic with heart disease is not ending at Easter 2020. So yes. I will look at the antenna when Social Security gets paid. I will try to do my own research now that I can get online. -- You received this

Re: [qubes-users] Privacy Screen. How to

2020-03-26 Thread Catacombs
Unmans suggestion worked. Actually I did not get the privacy screen. It just. Let me on. McDonalds does not have a time limit. McDs uses Suddenlink, who was fined several times for spying on uses, during the Obama. The sites are programmed by AT McDs blocks free software downloads. Like

[qubes-users] Privacy Screen. How to

2020-03-25 Thread Catacombs
I have just installed Qubes on a Lenovo X230 with original Intel WiFi. I go McDonalds to try to use public WiFi. I power up. I get A box to start Tor connection. Which I am pretty sure will not work. I cancel. I start Debian 10 Firefox. After awhile I get a cherry red connection icon on