Re: [qubes-users] Qubes 4.1 - ready to go on Nitropad X230 without much tweaks?

[Insurgo Technologies Libres / Open Technologies]

On October 13, 2021 3:16:13 PM UTC, 'taran1s' via qubes-users 
<qubes-users@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>
>unman:
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 10:24:46AM +0000, 'taran1s' via qubes-users wrote:
>>> I am thinking about upgrading my Nitropad X230 Qubes to 4.1, but I am
>>> curious if the version 4.1 has some serious issues that would make the
>>> experience worse than the current 4.0 or would need many tweaks to make the
>>> beast run well.
>>> 
>>> I know that the 4.1 is an rc1 with all its pros and cons, which can be but
>>> different on each hardware. My question is if the Nitropad X230 has some
>>> functionality issues running the 4.1-rc1 now.
>>> 
>>> For sys-net and sys-firewall I use the fedora-33-minimal, I use
>>> qubes-gpg-split and a kind of split monero with qrexec, as described here: 
>>> http://monerotoruzizulg5ttgat2emf4d6fbmiea25detrmmy7erypseyteyd.onion/resources/user-guides/cli_wallet_daemon_isolation_qubes_whonix.html,
>>> sys-usb is based on debian-10. The rest is a normal usage with not so many
>>> changes in the dom0 or templates from the default state.
>>> 
>>> Would you recommend to go on with the upgrade/reinstall of my 4.0 Qubes to
>>> 4.1 on Nitropad X230 now?
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Kind regards
>>> taran1s
>> 
>> 4.1rc1 works fine on a corebooted x230 (that's what the nitropad is).
>> No functionality issues for me, and I cant see any issues with your set
>> up.
>> You'll have to reseal HEADS of course, but I assume you know that.
>> 
>
>This is very good news, thank you. I will most probably clean-reinstall the 
>beast to get advantage of the LUKS2. But not sure if it is worthy to do or the 
>upgrade is enough to get advantage of the new 4.1.
>
>Is the LUKS1 vs LUKS2 the only difference in between the clean-reinstall and 
>upgrade, or are there other factors to take into consideration when deciding 
>between the clean reinstall vs upgrade to 4.1?
>

Heads will need to be reflashed with a ROM supporting cryptsetup2 to reinstall. 
Heada will also need to be based on coreboot 4.13+ as per pending Heads pull 
request 1015.

Consider this as a beta testing ROM.

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