On Saturday, November 19, 2016 at 6:48:31 PM UTC-8, Johannes Zipperer wrote: > I tested Qubes 3.2 with the Fedora 24 template for about 5 hours intensely. > > Installation: No problems during install. Bootable USB is only accepted > when the Secure Boot keys are removed (hit ESC or DEL during boot for > uefi). TPM Module seems not to be identified but I did put not much > effort into diagnosing the problem. > > Connect wifi: After some trouble of finding the network manager in the > sys-net qube I successfully connected. Oddly the reception bars are red > while there is no issue using the web. > > Whonix: Following the installation wiki for whonix it worked out of the > box to connect to the TOR network verified by check.torproject.org. I > was able to watch a youtube clip with smooth playback and with working > sound. HighDPI scaling has to be configured manually. The performance > concerning web browsing is not much worse from firefox from the > fedora-24 template. > > Windows: using in dom0 the command qvm-start Windows-10 > --cd-rom=fedora-24:/home/user/Downloads/Windows.iso was not successful. > So I gave up for now on that. > > Touchscreen and stylus: both work out of the box. Stylus connected not > very reliably, but drawing lines and writing after that is fine. > Onscreen keyboard is missing and I didn't get florence to type anything. > Annotating PDFs works fairly well in Okular. Volume rocker and power button > works out of the box > > USB-Devices and microSD: Mounted a FAT formatted USB drive successfully. > Cherry DW5000 works out of the box but media keys and super key need > configuring. I have no original type or touch cover to test. exFAT > microSD didn't work. But the same microSD card worked in the built-in > reader when formatted in NTFS (tested transfering and opening a JPG). > Using a USB hub with SD cardreader worked out of the box. > > High DPI scaling: works generally well for touch control. Firefox opens > first time after restart with too big UI elements and text. Icons in > some applications like in Gimp are not scaled and kind of small. The > dom0 and template applications are generally not scaled. > > Audio and Video: sound output works out of the box, playing mp3 in vlc > as well, mp4 in vlc in software decoding mode very choppy. youtube > videos are more fluid but no fullscreen support. streaming youtube > videos in vlc didn't work. Recording audio from the microphone with > pulsecaster works out of the box. > > installing software: I was able to install and use vlc, Okular, > LibreOffice, Inkscape (bad stylus support), Gimp (better stylus > support), Thunderbird, Darktable, I changed the language and keyboard > layout to german sucessfully. Since I installed, tested and configured > everything in the template I have to say something about the use inside > a qube. I didn't test the pulsecaster, florence, Okular successfully in > the "personal" qube. > > suspend reboot and shutdown: shutdown works, but is slow. device shows > black screen after suspending and wakes up when a key is pressed, but I > don't know if it really gets into the lower C states inbetween. reboot > does not work. > > File manager: starting the file manager needs a second click in 50% of > the cases when I wanted to start it. Copying files works. > > Performance and battery life: I assume that it is all rendered in > software, so considering that, I think the performance is decent, maybe > as a 1,3 GHz quad core Android phone regarding application start and tabbed > browsing (sorry for the comparison =/). Battery life is lower > than under windows, I didn't find the brightness controls and the > brightness sensor did not work out of the box, so my battery life was > only around 3 hours. > > Reverting back to windows: I successfully tested installing again Windows 10, > which was previously tied to this device on a certain Microsoft account > (important because of the license server, that works without keys). It was > installed by a USB stick previously formatted by the media creation tool. The > risk is not so high to try Qubes, although I recommend getting accustomed > before using it in production. I hope this helps others. > > Life is good, Jesus is better! > Johannes
I just tried installing Qubes 4 RC and it looks like VT is not enabled on my SP3 on first boot after installation. In the EFI settings, I don't see a way to enable it either. How did you get past this? XEN just gives me a CPU 0 error. Any idea how to enable VT? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/69a0d9ab-2b25-4e29-9a9d-4a4bf2d80478%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
