I’m not sure I can recommend Qubes entirely due to the usability aspect.
I’ve used Qubes several times for a week at a time over the last few years. It’s gotten better, but they really need someone to look at the user experience of it all for it to be a compelling option.
I’m regularly questioning myself if what I’m doing is making it less secure because I don’t understand exactly everything Qubes is doing. I know how all the pieces work individually (Xen, etc).
Outside of configuration, I believe I’d have to ditch any hope of running 3D-anything with any expectation of performance. That’s simply a non-starter as someone who has written off “nation-state actor targeting me, specifically” as something I can defend against.
And lastly, I’m deeply skeptical of anything that loudly wears the Snowden-badge-of-approval as that seems to follow grifts.
My main workstation is a Mac and I’m doing this on Parallels. Would Qubes probably be more secure? Maybe. But it comes at a massive usability hit.
I’ve used Qubes several times for a week at a time over the last few years. It’s gotten better, but they really need someone to look at the user experience of it all for it to be a compelling option.
I’m regularly questioning myself if what I’m doing is making it less secure because I don’t understand exactly everything Qubes is doing. I know how all the pieces work individually (Xen, etc).
Outside of configuration, I believe I’d have to ditch any hope of running 3D-anything with any expectation of performance. That’s simply a non-starter as someone who has written off “nation-state actor targeting me, specifically” as something I can defend against.
And lastly, I’m deeply skeptical of anything that loudly wears the Snowden-badge-of-approval as that seems to follow grifts.
My main workstation is a Mac and I’m doing this on Parallels. Would Qubes probably be more secure? Maybe. But it comes at a massive usability hit.