[qubes-users] Re: Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm?

2020-01-08 Thread fiftyfourthparallel
Not an expert (or even technically inclined), but here's my suggestion: I get how you feel because I've wondered about the exact same thing as you. Why not create multiple templates, with each containing programs you're comfortable grouping together? If your system supports it, you can put an

Re: [qubes-users] Re: No Suspend/Resume on Dell Latitude 7400 (i5-8365U) with 4.0.2rc3

2020-01-08 Thread Guerlan
On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 8:28:12 AM UTC-3, Claudia wrote: > > January 8, 2020 12:10 AM, "Guerlan" > > wrote: > > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 8:41:31 PM UTC-3, Claudia wrote: > > > >> January 7, 2020 6:08 PM, "Guerlan" wrote:> On > Monday, January 6, 2020 at > >> 12:43:40 AM

[qubes-users] Convert template-based VM to standalone?

2020-01-08 Thread arthur . summers
Say I have a template-based VM, and I want to "fork" it to be standalone so that it's no longer based on the template. I know I could just create a new standalone VM from a template and copy files over from my home directory . . . but is there a way to just convert the existing guest from

[qubes-users] Debugging a sleep/suspend problem on Razer Blade Stealth 2016 - Qubes

2020-01-08 Thread Guerlan
First of all, here's the HCL for my Razer Blade Stealth 2016 4K touchscreen 16gb RAM 512gb SSD: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/qubes-users/razer$20blade%7Csort:date/qubes-users/PalZ-1inxnA/D3mQ4OI3CAAJ When I close the lid and open again, keyboard wont ligth up, screen wont turn on

[qubes-users] Qubes, boot from SD card?

2020-01-08 Thread gorked
I see some mention of booting from SD on some board somewhere. My question being, If I purchased an intel based Chromebook with 4 GB RAM, and a 16 GB SSD. Could I boot QUBES or other Linux on it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users"

[qubes-users] Invitation to a Qubes install party in Cologne, Germany

2020-01-08 Thread Lara Schwarz
Dear readers of the qubes-users list, on January 22nd we are hosting a Qubes install party for German speaking people in Cologne, Germany. For more information please read the text below. - Hallo Leser der Qubes-Mailingliste, im Januar treffen wir uns am*22.01.2020* im

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes OS 4.0.2 has been released!

2020-01-08 Thread fiftyfourthparallel
Hi Andrew, I installed 4.0.2 on my Dell Inspiron 5593 without new issues. The answer to the following question seems to have been implied in earlier responses, but I'd just like an explicit clarification: Can the "critical kernel bug" affect my security in any way? -- You received this

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes, boot from SD card?

2020-01-08 Thread Chris Laprise
On 1/8/20 10:39 AM, gorked wrote: I see some mention of booting from SD on some board somewhere. My question being, If I purchased an intel based Chromebook with 4 GB RAM, and a 16 GB SSD.  Could I boot QUBES or other Linux on it. There are some Chromebooks listed in the HCL, but there is

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes, boot from SD card?

2020-01-08 Thread dhorf-hfref . 4a288f10
On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 07:39:12AM -0800, gorked wrote: > My question being, If I purchased an intel based Chromebook with 4 GB RAM, > and a 16 GB SSD. Could I boot QUBES or other Linux on it. 4GB ram is not enough to use qubes. 8GB ram _might_ work if you were a really experienced qubes

[qubes-users] Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm?

2020-01-08 Thread Vasiliy
Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm? For instance, having 5 standalonevms based on minimal template with one program installed in each instead of having 5 appvms for one program in each based on a default template with all programs installed (for

Re: [qubes-users] Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm?

2020-01-08 Thread dhorf-hfref . 4a288f10
On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 06:30:32PM +0100, Vasiliy wrote: > Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm? dont see any. if anything, it might reduce your security posture. i consider the volatility of the root volume of a templated appvm a good thing. not really a

Re: [qubes-users] Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm?

2020-01-08 Thread Chris Laprise
On 1/8/20 12:30 PM, Vasiliy wrote: Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm? For instance, having 5 standalonevms based on minimal template with one program installed in each instead of having 5 appvms for one program in each based on a default template with

Re: [qubes-users] Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm?

2020-01-08 Thread Steve Coleman
On 2020-01-08 12:30, Vasiliy wrote: Are there any security benefits of setting up standalonevm instead of appvm? 1. Thunderbird and other communication tools sometimes can be compromised and malicious code can affect all programs installed. I am scared that even if I don't use a program in

[qubes-users] Re: Does qubes block usb on thunderbolt port?

2020-01-08 Thread brendan . hoar
On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 6:19:54 AM UTC-5, Ryan Tate wrote: > > Does qubes block USB data on Thunderbolt ports? > So a few things: 1. Qubes has pcie hotplug disabled in the dom0 kernel, which TB uses for PCIe-based thunderbolt devices. This is disabled for security reasons. 2. The TB

Re: [qubes-users] sys-net not starting and no vms booting

2020-01-08 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
dubstepcombust...@gmail.com: > Qubes OS version: R4:0 > > Hey everyone, bear with me as I am somewhat of a noob to Qubes, and haven't > been on in awhile due to this issue which I have held on the backburner. So > one day, everything on Qubes was running fine and smoothly, until I >

[qubes-users] Re: Does qubes block usb on thunderbolt port?

2020-01-08 Thread 'Ryan Tate' via qubes-users
Ryan Tate writes: > On my ThinkPad X1 Carbon gen5, I can use my thunderbolt 3 ports fine for > display and for power. However, Qubes does not seem to recognize a usb-c > flash stick or a usb-c yubikey plugged into these ports I think I got this figured out. ThinkPads apparently do not show the

[qubes-users] Re: Does qubes block usb on thunderbolt port?

2020-01-08 Thread brendan . hoar
On Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at 4:29:57 PM UTC-5, Ryan Tate wrote: > (The one thing that I do wonder is if is neccesary for sys-usb to bail > out on boot when an assigned device is not present, maybe there could be > a system for transient but assigned devices to be allowed to come online >

[qubes-users] Split GPG refresh keys in work-email

2020-01-08 Thread scurge1tl
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 I am trying to refresh public keys of my contacts that I previously imported to the backend work-gpg with [user@work ~]$ qubes-gpg-import-key ~/Downloads/whateverkey.asc. How do I refresh the keys, sitting in the offline work-gpg now? I tried to

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes booting in machine with Windows and Linux

2020-01-08 Thread robertlehamn
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[qubes-users] Does qubes block usb on thunderbolt port?

2020-01-08 Thread 'Ryan Tate' via qubes-users
Does qubes block USB data on Thunderbolt ports? On my ThinkPad X1 Carbon gen5, I can use my thunderbolt 3 ports fine for display and for power. However, Qubes does not seem to recognize a usb-c flash stick or a usb-c yubikey plugged into these ports (the only usb-c ports). (The flash stick has

Re: [qubes-users] How to use QEMU with Qubes?

2020-01-08 Thread Claudia
January 7, 2020 7:43 PM, "Guerlan" wrote: > I undrstand that HVM uses QEMU to emulate some devices and BIOS. However, > what if I want to have > total control of QEMU? > > What if there's an OS for which there's a QEMU tutorial and I want to do > exact what is in the > tutorial but in Qubes?

[qubes-users] Re: Qubes OS 4.0.2 has been released!

2020-01-08 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Dear Qubes Community, Shortly after this announcement was originally sent, a bug was discovered in the dom0 kernel included in Qubes 4.0.2: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5553 Since this bug would present installation problems for

Re: [qubes-users] Re: No Suspend/Resume on Dell Latitude 7400 (i5-8365U) with 4.0.2rc3

2020-01-08 Thread Claudia
January 8, 2020 12:10 AM, "Guerlan" wrote: > On Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at 8:41:31 PM UTC-3, Claudia wrote: > >> January 7, 2020 6:08 PM, "Guerlan" wrote:> On Monday, >> January 6, 2020 at >> 12:43:40 AM UTC-3, Claudia wrote: >>> January 6, 2020 3:14 AM, dmoe...@gmail.com wrote:> On