Thank you for this link. It would seem that interpretations to some of my comments re: Qubes on L14 are taken to be more of an assessment of the laptop instead of the OS. Or perhaps taken together.
I want to be clear about the comments I made here: New Post: My Recommendations for the Most Secure Librem 14 Configuration. They are with respect and limited to the version I was running. Specifically: Qubes OS 4.1.0 RC2. It was a release candidate and should not be treated as a production environment. In my view, the “tolerable” and “easily-fixed” issues there were within the expectations for a release candidate version.
Since I have only made general comments about L14 and Qubes OS compatibility. I will provide a better, but still summarized listing for Qubes 4.1.0:
- Qubes OS installs without issue
- Debian based template used extensively - no issues with any non-Snap applications (more on Snaps later)
- Microphone and camera (external and internal) inconsistently attach to AppVMs with up to 16GB of memory. That is, they will attach, and then application attempts to interface, the attachment fails.
- AppVM and HVMs run without issue. HVMs were Windows 10 and Kali Linux.
- AppVM and template VMs struggles with Snaps (specifically Microsoft Teams and Rocket Chat). Reinstalling the Snap fixes the issue. Difficult to pin down root cause.
The microphone and camera issues were found after the post was made. Restarting the AppVM usually fixes the issue. Other times, removing attached devices to the USB hub remedies the issue. I have treated the problem as a nuisance.
If there is any indictment of the Qubes OS/Librem community is that it is largely indifferent to assisting with troubleshooting or helping new to moderate level users. I would not recommend attempting to use the Qubes Forum. If you are not comfortable managing these issues yourself by reading the documentation or experimentation, I would not recommend the OS at this time. You will likely not find the support you need to resolve the issues you have. Qubes OS user community is roughly at the size and helpfulness of early Linux communities circa 2002.
NOTE: these issues, outside of the camera, were not present until after I upgraded to 4.1.0. But they are there currently.
Edits for clarity and grammar.