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Anyone care to help me with a #QubesOS question? I'm trying to get an ad blocker to work. I am using #Technitium but I had the same issue with #pihole. Basically an AppVM is connected to the adblocker. I can see DNS traffic in the adblocker's dashboard, but it's not blocking anything. It's like sys-adblock is just a passthrough. What am I doing wrong?
Anyone dailying a Linux touch device? What's the best distro/desktop? I bought a Panasonic Toughpad FZ-M1 MK3 with LTE about a month ago. It's a 7" tablet with Intel i5-7Y57, 8GiB memory and eventually a bigger SSD. I find most of my hardware is actually recognized on the distros I've tried. I just haven't had a great experience with KDE, Gnome or Phosh so far. Seeking advice on desktops, distros, configs. Only thing I can't seem to make boot and work with the hardware is #qubesos.
I'm worn out trying to keep Android and Windows privacy controls set in a way that favors me and not Google/Android, so I'm hoping to make this be both a non-minimal and a non-dark-pattern default device. I don't want less function, I want to not have a jumpscare from Google Assistant or Microsoft Edge "updating" into being my default app. I want enough SSD to store all my stuff off cloud.
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I gave in, thanks Qubes OS for protecting me from internet hungry/thirsty apps!
started reading the newest post from @solene about @QubesOS:
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2025-08-03-introduction-to-qubes-os.html
Solene's Percent %Solene'% : Introduction to Qubes OS when you do not know what it isIn this article, you will learn about major features of the Qubes OS operating system and what makes it unique.
If your Qubes OS only shows a black screen after the suspend/resume, then follow these instructions: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/suspend-resume-troubleshooting/#suspend-turns-off-the-screen-and-gets-stuck and expand the line like this: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=“$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX rd.qubes.hide_all_usb mem_sleep_default=deep”.
This makes it much easier and is easy on the nerves.
#qubesos #instructions #Qubes_OS
Qubes OS · Suspend/resume troubleshootingFirst check if there are any remarks for similar devices in the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). Network-Manager says “Device not ready” on suspend/resume These instructions may help with suspend/resume issues for more devices than just wireless cards, that is just the (unfortunately ...
Qubes OS Summit Tickets & CFP
Hey Qubes OS enthusiasts! 
A quick reminder - mark your calendars for the upcoming Qubes OS Summit taking place from September 26 to 28, 2025, in Berlin! 
Grab your tickets now!
Call for Participation is open until the end of July!
https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/07/17/qubes-os-summit-2025-tickets-now-available/
Qubes OS · Qubes OS Summit 2025: Tickets for sale and Call for Participation open!You can now purchase on-site tickets to attend Qubes OS Summit 2025 in person! Please note that a limited number of on-site tickets are available, and tickets are more heavily discounted the earlier they’re purchased. For those who would prefer to participate remotely instead, the event...
Qubes OS documentation is migrating from jekyll to Sphinx 
https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/07/23/qubes-documentation-migrating-to-read-the-docs/
It's hosted by Read The Docs
Qubes OS · The Qubes documentation is migrating to Read the Docs!We’re pleased to announce that we’re officially migrating to Read the Docs as our documentation generation and hosting platform. Our documentation source files will continue to reside in the qubes-doc Git repository with PGP-signed tags and commits, and the live documentation published ...
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and some useful tools like:
qubes-policy-editorqubes-policy-editor-gui (dom0)vim-qrexec plugin: https://github.com/ben-grande/vim-qrexec
GitHubGitHub - ben-grande/vim-qrexec: A Qrexec companion for the policy breakers.A Qrexec companion for the policy breakers. Contribute to ben-grande/vim-qrexec development by creating an account on GitHub.
Qubes OS as a server
https://www.howtogeek.com/the-reasons-why-qubes-is-better-than-your-distro/
A look at Qubes OS: I head you like VM's, so I put some VM's in you VM's
Sandboxing taken to extremes for ultimate security, but also a lot of challenges.
How-To Geek · 7 Reasons Why Qubes Is Better Than Your Linux DistroSpyware, privacy, and flexibility—these are concerns that everyone shares.
(plz hire me) i wonder if i could get talos to run on qubes
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Windows 10 will no longer receive free software updates, technical assistance, or security fixes after 14.10.2025.
Consider migrating to Linux: https://mastodon.online/@blueghost/112240288637362593
Linux distributions have been developed for a variety of uses.
General: #Debian @debian / #Fedora @fedora
Multimedia: #Dynebolic @dyne
Anonymity: #Tails @torproject
Security: #QubesOS @QubesOS
STEM: #PopOS @pop_os_official @system76
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on the topic of salt states for qubes, i found this extremely cool repo: https://github.com/gonzalo-bulnes/qubes-mgmt-salt-user
brilliant way to organize the salts and distribute them imo
calling all qubes users who use salt! is there a way to target domUs with `state.highstate` when using many topfiles?
my repo is at https://git.sr.ht/~xyhhx/qubes-salts
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) When using #QubesOS you assign colours to each VM:
As mentioned in the third minute in the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrBdYUm6w4#t=3m
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@GrapheneOS @356875ffd729b06eeb4c1d7a70a1f750045d067774d21c0faffe4af2bf96a2e8 Fair enough. However, Private Spaces don't really have a separate user environment associated with them, and they represent a slightly different conceptual model.
What I'm saying is that AOSP could also have decided to not create a thing called "Private Spaces" but instead made a UI for integrating User Profiles into the current profile, that effectively would be the same thing as "Private Spaces" but would also stick to the same conceptual mental model.
So instead of Private Spaces, there'd be a UI for running apps from a different User Profile in the current one, similar to how #QubesOS works. Qubes actually runs entire different VMs side-by-side, and you can transfer data between them, including clipboard contents.
So with a single thing called "User Profiles" you'd be able to both "log in to the user profile" and "launch isolated apps from that profile inside of this one". There would be only one thing to manage mentally: the user profiles, instead of User Profiles + Private Spaces.
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It's like qrexec-client-vm, but systemd-socket-activated.
It does TCP and Unix sockets. Includes a Split-SSH example and a new qubes.ConnectNFS RPC.
This is for my use cases (work in progress). Some might be your use cases. Feedback welcome.