I really like the concept of Qubes. But they really need (imho) to work on their...

blinkingled · on March 10, 2016

I used it on my Thinkpad x220 and NUC 5th gen (BOXD54250WYKH) and it worked great. https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/ - The HCL is pretty decent actually. But since they have to work on older Linux Kernel and Xen releases for stability/security and the hardware needs to have VT-d, TPM, HVM/VMX etc enabled - they will always be lagging in terms of the newer hardware they can support.

Might want to try out the BOXD54250WYKH1 NUC - Amazon is still selling it.

jmnicolas · on March 10, 2016

You forgot to update the HCL with your NUC ;-)

walterbell · on March 10, 2016

Dell T20 Haswell Xeon ($500) has the hardware features (TPM, TXT, VT-d, VT-x) used by Qubes, and supports ECC memory.

jmnicolas · on March 11, 2016

Interesting but when I go on Dell's website (Europe) I can't order it with more than 8GB of RAM. I would feel more comfortable with 16.

walterbell · on March 11, 2016

It has 4 memory slots and supports 32GB RAM. Try calling Dell, they can likely sell you "upgrade kits" for memory and disk. Or use aftermarket memory.

conradev · on March 10, 2016

On this topic, does anyone have suggested hardware to use Qubes with besides the Purism laptop?

pfg · on March 10, 2016

Haven't run into any issues on a ThinkPad T420. There's a number of more recent ThinkPads on their Hardware Compatibility List[1] as well.

[1]: https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/

revanx_ · on March 10, 2016

Worked out of the box for me on my Z77 board.