Qubes OS

Reader supplied reviews for Qubes OS Average rating 8.8 from 36 review(s) What are your thoughts on Qubes OS? Please include a few pros and a few cons, along with your overall impression of the operating system. Our FAQ page has tips on writing a good mini-review. Version: -- 4.2.34.1.23.2.121.0 Rating:    -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 out of 10 Your review (minimum 250 words): Past reviews - sort by: DateVotes Version: 4.2.1 Rating: 10 Date: 2024-05-28 Votes: 33 Rocking Qubes on a 2011 laptop (2nd gen Intel i5 (Hyperthreading disabled), 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD) is WAY smoother than you'd think, you can eaisly run up to ~10 VMs without any performance issues, even with a full KDE Plasma desktop which is notorious for being a resource hog Best parts about it are the control over networking, on a VM for accessing your home network you can limit outgoing connections to just the LAN, or for a vault VM you can cut networking altogether for peace of mind, being able to use DisposableVMs for anything that doesn't need persistent storage eg. browsing the web, and the fact it's just a Type 1 Hypervisor, you can literally run Windows on it if you want Even for advanced users it can be difficult to use because of it's abstractions like templates, ServiceVMs and the global clipboard, but the wiki is amazingly written, getting you ready in a couple minutes The pages for advanced users are on par, or even better than Arch Wiki, with pages on practically anything you could ever want to modify on the base system Before installing you should read the Wiki first. At the end of the day Qubes isn't a silver bullet, but a tool (arguably the best one) for keeping yourself safe, and what good is a tool you don't know how to use? Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 4.2.0 Rating: 10 Date: 2024-01-20 Votes: 25 I use it every day, it is like one mega-OS. Any distro of linux you want - you have. The support is great, forum is very actice and has many helpful guides so that you arent aimlessly looking forever for a solution to your issue. Many popular companies/people use qubes for its security such as MULLVAD and Let's Encrypt. Only thing is that the mirror system is quite slow, yes it is a big download (6GB) but could have better mirror support upon install. Not an issue however, as the main system is wonderful. Was this review helpful? Yes No Version: 4.1.2 Rating: 8 Date: 2023-12-15 Votes: 10 Qubes is a good control system, but lacks simplicity and easier control. One could wish that many more operating systems were easy to download so that you could get your own operating system. Possibly, Windows or Mint. Having difficulty seeing how you can download with usb into the system and how you can generally download from outside into folders. So I probably don't prefer Qubes as it is for experts. But it appeals to one to get a more secure operating system. Couldn't you make it more simple and straightforward. without losing security. Was this review helpful? Yes No See all 36 reader reviews of Qubes OS...