Qubes 4.1.2

Nate Drake explores the apex of Linux security: an OS that divides all your apps into colour-coded, isolated virtual machines.

Nate Drake

DEVELOPER The Qubes OS Project WEB https://qubes-os.org LICENCE GPL v2 While there are numerous security-focused Linux distros, Qubes can be compared to Fort Knox. This Fedora-based OS was first produced in 2012. The latest testing release (4.2.0-rc3) was made available in September, and will go through at least one more round of tests before a stable version is made available. We’ve focused this review on the latest stable version of Qubes (4.1.2), which was released in March. Qubes uses so-called security by isolation to prevent apps from interacting in a way that could compromise your privacy. The OS achieves this through using what it calls qubes, implemented as lightweight Xen virtual machines. These qubes can be categorised based on levels of trust. For instance, you can have one for work…

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