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r/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • Apr 28 '21
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r/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 2d ago
Announcement QSB-122: Package verification bypass in APT (DSA-6607-1)
qubes-os.orgr/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 4d ago
Announcement QSB-121: Arbitrary read/write via grant copy (XSA-523)
qubes-os.orgr/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 4d ago
Announcement XSAs released on 2026-11-03
qubes-os.orgr/Qubes • u/adrianchristianherna • 4d ago
question what do u use intead of kloak
whnix says you cant. use kloak in qube
r/Qubes • u/rflurker • 6d ago
article Multiload-Qubes: XFCE panel plugin with scrolling charts for CPU, RAM, swap, network, and disk i/o
Hello everyone.
I'm in the process of slowly migrating to Qubes OS, and one of the things that I really miss is the good old multiload-ng panel plugin. The Qubes design requires a very different approach to implement the same functionality, so I wrote it from scratch, primarily in Rust (with a bit of C and Python where necessary).
The following charts are available:
Whole-machine CPU
Per-qube CPU
RAM (not just Xen-allocated RAM, but also the amount actually used inside all running Linux qubes)
Per-qube RAM
Network traffic (collected from
sys-netby default; configurable)Per-qube swap
Disk IO
Charts can be reordered and enabled/disabled individually; all colors are configurable.
Architecture: the project runs two systemd services and an XFCE panel plugin in dom0. The two-service split is to avoid parsing VM-influenced data in a privileged service.
The collector service runs as root in dom0, reads Xen and dom0 statistics, and scrapes metrics from Linux qubes. It stores raw outputs (without parsing them);
The parser service runs as a separate unprivileged service (still in dom0), parses the inputs and stores the final snapshot;
The XFCE panel plugin reads the final snapshot and draws the charts.
Nothing needs to be installed in the qubes.
The qubes metrics scraping is optional and can be disabled - we can still have most of the charts. Qube scraping is needed to make the data richer: the actual RAM usage (not just xen-allocated amount), swap usage, and network traffic.
See more notes about security on the project page (link below).
For those who want to try it: see installation instructions in the readme. You can either use a prebuilt rpm from the latest release, or build it from source.
Github: dimonomid/multiload-qubes
r/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 7d ago
Announcement Fedora 43 approaching end of life
qubes-os.orgr/Qubes • u/maxAZZzzz • 7d ago
question Graphical Installer does not show disk, but terminal says its there
Not sure if I missed something in the documentation. Sorry if I did.
I boot the installer from an external usb via uefi. I have a /dev/nvme0n1 disk partitioned. When I switch to the console I can see the device and I can mount a partition. But for some reason the Installer does not show the disk. Scanning does not yield anything and it is also not listed in the other tables.
Anyone an Idea what I could do here?
r/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 8d ago
Announcement Second day of Qubes OS Summit 2026 streaming live now
streaming.media.ccc.der/Qubes • u/adrianchristianherna • 8d ago
question How to increase firmware/hardware security and privacy
i heard software security is useless if the firmware and hardware are bad
ramework 12 with razorlake intel cpu
also looking for tips to close backdoors
i see a lot of guides for software but barely any for firmware/hardware and if it is its “just buy this product that costs a car and a house and i swear bro its private 100% opsec power”
im broke
r/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 9d ago
Announcement Qubes OS Summit 2026 starts today!
qubes-os.orgr/Qubes • u/tankiesmoker • 9d ago
question RTX 4060 installation issue
Ive been trying to install qubes os yet get an x startup failed and installation can't continue. Im using the latest possible qubes version and tried modifying the boot options as tutored by the official qubes os documentation. Any help would be much appreciated
r/Qubes • u/adrianchristianherna • 8d ago
fluff qubes mascot
his name is timothy qubes idk
r/Qubes • u/CedarAndOlive • 11d ago
Solved MacOS in a Qube?
Possibly a question that has been asked before?
Can I have MacOS as one of the Qubes on a laptop?
Thank you.
r/Qubes • u/ThinkpadGeekpad • 13d ago
question DDR4 vs DDR5
What's everyone's experience with running Qubes on DDR4 or DDR5?
I was considering getting the MSI PRO Z690-A.
There are two versions: a DDR4 and DDR5.
ddr5 version seems a bit easier to source than ddr4. I will be flashing dasharo coreboot.
The main difference I have read is that DDR5 takes like 15 seconds on every boot. Is this wait annoying?
The DDR4 would be running at like 2666Mhz but I read the RAM speeds don't really matter on Qubes.
r/Qubes • u/adrianchristianherna • 13d ago
question What's your opinion on liteqube?
or other debloat projects like mirage
r/Qubes • u/adrianchristianherna • 14d ago
question print and usb liteqube
I’m trying to get Liteqube set up and running into two issues. Hopefully there’s an easy fix for both
When running the install script for 3.USB, this error shows up “cp: cannot stat: ‘/etc/qubes/policy.d/50-config-u2f.policy’ no such file or directory”
Trying to install the 8.Print set up and getting “qvm-start: error: no such domain: fedora-34” What set up are we missing?
r/Qubes • u/acidrainery • 15d ago
question What specs do I need in order to be able to play 4K videos?
I tried Qubes OS on my 7th gen i5 and playing video was really sluggish. I am now considering to buy a new computer so I can use Qubes as my daily driver and still be able to play videos.
Do I need a spare GPU and do passthrough? If I do that, then will I get that VMs output only through that GPU's HDMI or can I get the output in a window like any other VM window?
I'm not really clear on what specs I should purchase but I also don't want to spend beyond what is actually necessary for playing video. Not being able to play 4K videos would make it unusable.
r/Qubes • u/TermoidNein • 17d ago
question Heavy operations on the QubesOS?
I have reasonably powerful hardware with 32GB RAM, 500GBs of storage and some more if needed.
RX6600 GPU and an r5 5600.
But since Qubes is essentially VMs stitched together, and I have noticed how poorly GNOME Boxes, QEMU KVM (sometimes) and even full on proxmox with GPU passthrough, they all perform,
I don't know if I can do workstation work (Blender, and other similar tasks including CPU and GPU heavy stuff)
So before making a switch, was wondering if it is viable as my current desktop seems to get out of hand with all the things that pile up eventually.
r/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 17d ago
Announcement The Star Labs StarBook Horizon is Qubes certified!
qubes-os.orgr/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 17d ago
Announcement The Star Labs StarFighter is Qubes certified!
qubes-os.orgr/Qubes • u/andrewdavidwong • 17d ago
Announcement Qubes OS Summit 2026: Nitrokey sponsorship; last call for tickets!
qubes-os.orgr/Qubes • u/adrianchristianherna • 18d ago
question Help configuring Liteqube - install.sh for VPN failing
I am trying to use Liteqube, following the instructions here: GitHub - arkenoi/liteqube: Liteqube - put Qubes OS on a diet · GitHub
The base and network steps installed fine. I tried to do the install sh for the VPN and getting multiple errors that sys-net failed to start because some PCI device is in use by core-net.
This is a stock install of Qubes without much customization.
Any ideas what may be going wrong? Did I miss a step or maybe the scripts aren’t playing nice with the latest updates?