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Is there a step down from Qubes that provides isolation with a relatively easy way to administrate? Qubes seems incredibly intimidating for someone who does not have a graybeard background.

The closest I've found is maybe an immutable distro, with some kind of elaborate flatpak sandboxing setup, or some kind of jailing? Distrobox currently does not have sandboxing.
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Dr. Hax 2y ago

I have VirtualBox on my laptop and run a bunch of VM, which is a strp down from Qubes.

Honestly, I find Qubes (which I have on my desktop) easier to use. Getting files from one VM to anothet is just a matter of "Right Click, Send to Qube" in the file manager.

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BzzT! 2y ago

Thanks for sharing your experience. Do you use your desktop daily and have you run into any situations that Qubes wasn't able to handle?

I want to give it a try now, but lack spare machines to try it on. I will see if I can do some nested virtualization to get a feel for it without downtime.