Subj : Re: Computer operating system of choice?
To   : Arelor
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 15:05:05

 Ar> The idea behind Qubes is that, internally, it keeps everything separated.
 Ar> 
 Ar> For example, you may have a virtual environment for your job, in which
 Ar> you keep all your job files, your job web browser and your job
 Ar> accounting sostfware. Then you may have another virtual environment you
 Ar> use for watching My Little Pony cartoons and which is full of My Little
 Ar> Pony videos, van art and whatever. ANd then you may have a different
 Ar> environment you use for your online banking.
 Ar> 
 Ar> The idea is that if you download a My Little Pony video with malware, the
 Ar> damage will be contained in your My Little Pony environment and won't
 Ar> damage anything outside of the My Little Pony box.
 Ar> 
 Ar> What makes Qubes special is that all of this separation is made
 Ar> transparently to the user. Applications are color coded, so when you
 Ar> launch the "blue firefox" you need it is the "banking firefox", whereas
 Ar> the "green filebrowser" is the "MLP file browser".
 Ar> 

Cool.  My concern is more tracking, "Big Tech", being locked to platforms and
solutions (Apple/Android duopoly on phones).  Security is important but I'm
more focused on my footprint, traceability etc.  Not much point having your OS secured up the wazoo, if those political discussions you have on FidoNet become web-searchable with your real name.

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