Subnostr

Maybe I'll make the jump late this year, I'll buy another NUC for it and hit you up. What can I expect to gain from the switch? I am already on Ubuntu and graphene for most of my stuff, I understand Ubuntu isnt perfect, but what kind of threat profile are you designing for? For the average person is this just a "keep your crypto(graphy) on a truely secure system that isn't phoning home all the time"?

I am Einherjer, a Nomadic Norse! Never flinch, never surrender! 2y ago

Oh it is ALL os-es you want in ONE screen, since it is one VM that grabs the screen output of anytime else you install.

Most days I run a disposable VM for random stuff that I don’t want to be stored & then several others like one Windows VM for a Twatter account that I built up, others for Fb and other pieces of the digital gulags.

Then also isolated VMs for crypto, getting network access via Whonix & Tor. Things like that are dead easy, especially since you can choose what os to use easily.

As for real threats I’m not worried, got nothing to really hide BUT what I really enjoy is to turning the tables on the worst of SoMe giants!

Others will have other challenges, and if those are really serious then getting the BIOS onto Coreboot or similar is of course important…

It has to be experienced really, I have used virtualization since the beta release of VMWare, nothing else comes close in practical terms :-)

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Geist 2y ago

Mmmm I like to gaaaaame though, maybe I just need to hang it up, I feel like I'm playing stuff that scratches the same itch I'd get from learning how to code for real.

I am Einherjer, a Nomadic Norse! Never flinch, never surrender! 2y ago

Hehe, I see… For most I think getting a separate old laptop is the way to go, unless you want some real challenge for days or even weeks :-)

Still have not gotten around to migrating my retina IMac to Qubes, but then again now it is not being used for stuff that I should keep separate…

As for dev stuff I guess it could be both perfect and cumbersome, although I do think it is perfect for especially prototyping & testing!

Geist 2y ago

Exactly, I could set up docker and start trying to run my own services and everything, when it stops working I could delete the whole VM and start fresh, I hate when a program doesn't work the first time I try to install it, I feel like I have no way to undo all the commands I copy/pasted and I'm tired of the hassle of reinstalling my OS all the time. This way I can setup a fresh VM, try to get something to work, if it works then I keep it in its little corner, it it doesn't I can just reset and go again. I'm starting to like this idea.

I am Einherjer, a Nomadic Norse! Never flinch, never surrender! 2y ago

Of course, but as far as I understand it all Qubes is still better at compartmentalizing & building new habits…

Something similar is possible on FreeBSD, if a sort of support & coaching group could get some traction I’d be very willing to test and report on alternatives too :-)

We’ll see, whatever happens I will keep working this way since it is a great way of turning the tables, using their shitty big data as a weapon even hehe