I am one of those Qubes newbies. I do have a "computer" background, having
started out on Mainframe computers — I have been retired for over 20 years;
however, I now use my computer as a tool (though I do some website development
to keep the neurons firing). I do not need a highly locked down computer, but
do want to use whatever security improvements I can reasonably get with Qubes
without the set-up and maintenance becoming a full-time job. I also prefer to
using a GUI when possible (spent decades using terminals).
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Normally I would post each issue as a separate post to a forum such as this;
however, these are all related to the "Subject" and my getting started. I
always try searching for similar issues before posting, but (here) have not
found solutions (either here or in the documentation).
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1. The NUC is an Intel desktop computer with a nice small foot-print (Intel
NUC7i7 BNH with 512 GB SSD and 32GB RAM). The only mouse and keyboard that
works are USB (there is no PS/1 port) — possibly bluetooth devices would work
but I do not want to get into the issues involved (I do use an Apple bluetooth
keyboard with Linux Mint on my HP laptop).
My disk is encrypted and the installation nicely reminded me of the warnings in
this forum about setting up sys-usb — so sys-usb is a non-starter. This leads
to my first issue:
I seem unable to attach my scanner (it is a ScanSnap ix800 which is not a
printer/scanner/copier, just a scanner) to an appVM. It does not appear in the
Dom0 devices menu. If I plug in a USB drive, the drive shows up in the menu.
Is there a straightforward way to attach the scanner to an appVM (it will not
be a server, but will always be the same appVM, "personal")?
2. I like to listen to a classical music radio station (CBC Music) and, when it
is broadcasting other "stuff", streaming classical music from their website.
I can play YouTube videos, including hearing the audio, but the above does not
work (the website page gets stuck loading/waiting for an audio stream).
I imagine this has something to do with proxy settings. Is this correct? I have
created an appVM ("entertainment") specifically to handle playing music, so I
am not worried about it getting compromised because I use less secure settings
for it.
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