It delivers unmatched desktop isolation, but daily use comes with real friction, hardware quirks, and a steep learning curve.

There’s no shortage of Linux operating systems available. However, many Linux distributions (distros) are niche OSes. For instance, Kali Linux is an ethical hacking and penetration testing Linux ...

Has anyone else been messing with Qubes? It's taken over most of my computing time in the past year or two, and beyond the far better siloing of things apart from one another, I have to say it works ...

The security researcher who invented malware known as Blue Pill has come up with a secure open source operating system called Qubes OS that is available for alpha-testing downloads. With Qubes OS, ...

Qubes is different from any desktop operating system you've seen before. It uses virtualization and sandboxing to create the most secure environment possible. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

Qubes OS is a free open-source operating system that’s fully security-oriented. It leverages Xen-based virtualization, which allows the user to create, use and delete easily isolated compartments ...

Most Linux distributions are fairly similar these days, but Qubes OS is different. Qubes OS is based on Linux, but it runs applications in lightweight virtual machines. Applications can be completely ...

The first stable version of Qubes OS, an open source desktop operating system designed to provide a greater level of security by isolating programs inside virtual machines with different permissions, ...

Joanna Rutkowska's Qubes OS project will include a feature to create one-time use-and-discard virtual machines. The idea behind Disposable VMs is to have very lightweight virtual machines that can be ...

Current operating systems aren't nearly as secure as they could be, and that's precisely why Joanna Rutkowska of Invisible Things Lab set about creating Qubes OS. Based on Fedora, Qubes is a ...