Subj : Purism Librem 14v1 w/ Qubes - First Thoughts
To   : All
From : Greenlfc
Date : Wed Apr 27 2022 12:17:52

Hi folks,

This is a repost of my recent gemlog post on the same topic.  You can see it 
here if you're a gemini user.  So far I'm fairly happy, but we'll see how it 
looks when the shiny wears the rest of the way off.  I am a little disappointed 




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































that, for the premium this hardware has, that the preloaded software wasn't a 
bit more up-to-date.

Original post: ## 2022-04-25: Librem 14v1 First Impressions at 
gemini://gemini.greenleader.xyz/technotes.gmi

Finally received my Purism Librem 14v1 (not their fault on the delay). Here are 




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































my first impressions and some of my initial setup concerns.

I ordered the 32GB / 1TB / SeaBIOS + coreboot / Qubes version. First impression 




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































at unboxing is that this is a really attaractive laptop. Nice sharp corners, 
matte finish, no markings on the top or inside, minimal markings on the bottom. 




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Gives me vibes like a "murdered out" car. Screen is nice, too. I like that 
sticker life, but I'm go
ing to keep the back clean until it starts getting scratched.

On first boot, you're prompted for your LUKS password. I wasn't given one. I 
checked the FAQ and support site without luck. I gave up and emailed, but while 




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































I was waiting, I found a blog post from the CEO 
(https://puri.sm/posts/qubes-now-a-preinstall-option-for-librem-14-and-mini/) 

Or so I thought. They shipped the machine with Qubes 4.0 installed. The whonix 
templates included were the deprecated -15 ones. I could have reinstalled 
Qubes, but I wanted to get the whole "new user" experience, so I toughed it 
out.

System time was *way* off. I had to fix that before updates would work (due to 
cert validity), and it took a reboot before it kicked in. Then I performed a 
distribution upgrade to get to 4.1: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/upgrade/4.1/

From dom0:
```
sudo qubes-dom0-update -y qubes-dist-upgrade
sudo qubes-dist-upgrade --all
```
reboot
```
sudo qubes-dist-upgrade --resync-appmenus-features
```
The whonix installs were still on -15, so had to import the new templates:
```
sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community 
--action=reinstall qubes-template-whonix-ws-16
sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community 
--action=reinstall qubes-template-whonix-gw-16
```
Re-assign the App VMs to the updated templates (don't forget to change the 
DispVM setting in the -ws VM) and delete -15 templates:
```
qubes-dom0-update --action=remove cubes-template-whonix-ws-15
qubes-dom0-update --action=remove cubes-template-whonix-gw-15
```

I also went ahead and installed the Debian 11 template:
```
sudo qubes-dom0-update --action=install qubes-template-debian-11
```

That's it for now. I've got to start adding apps to my templates, setting up my 




























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































app vms, and importing the Windows HVM that I need. Also need to try to see if 
I can get OpenConnect working (I was working on it on a tester for the past 
month, but could never get it to work in our environment).

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