Ever since notepad++ underwent a supply chain attack making Windows users vulnerable, I decided to abandon Windows and use Linux instead. I am now currently running Linux as my OS and Windows as a VM, which I use for my daily tasks. This post is less of a tech support question and more of an open di…

[image] anonymous544: What are your guys’ VM setups, if you have any? What do you recommend? etc. On Linux youv’e got KVM built right in to the Linux Kernel. So that is typically always my first choice. Most Linux centric virtualization graphical frontends rely on leverage KVM/QEMU under the…

I use virtual box, but I need to unload KVM otherwise the VMs won’t boot up since it’s enabled by default on Fedora. The only reason I’m using virtual box and not something else is quite literally because it’s all I ever used on Windows before I switched to Linux a few years ago. I did tinker around…

[image] anonymous544: What are your guys’ VM setups, if you have any? [image] I can't decide between OpenSUSE TW and Fedora [image] I can't decide between OpenSUSE TW and Fedora What do you guys use and why? A combination of Qubes OS, Debian, Fedora, Kicksecure, and Whonix. There are…

I use Qubes OS , a “reasonably secure operating system”, that uses virtualization to achieve security. It is one of the most secure operating systems available, but definitely not for new Linux users. Since you’re using Silverblue / Fedora Atomic, I recommend to take a look at secureblue , which buil…

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