Preferred setup?

It seems to be unanimous in this place that TAILS is the way to go, but upon further research I have found another OS called qubes. Why is TAILS preferred?


Comments


[3 Points] None:

tails is easier to use


[3 Points] murderhomelesspeople:

People act like QubesOS is so difficult it's really not. If you can figure out how to create a bootable drive, get bitcoin and buy drugs I am nearly positive you can figure out QubesOS. You need a laptop with a cpu that supports virtualization, having lots of ram is a bonus. You'll also need to become semi comfortable with command prompt but the site has a tutorial for every feature with pasteable code, it's not that bad once you start doing it.

I don't even find tails works well enough for me anymore. I've gotten far to use to QubesOS; managing different hot/cold wallets of different coins is a breeze, enable hardware like webcams, microphone, usb ports, wifi for specific VMs (called qubes) which are inaccessible by default and it's far better in terms of security. I couldn't even go back to it if I wanted, I do still keep an updated tails around though.


[2 Points] None:

Because is it easy. Qubes not so much. Any good linux distro hardened works.

A lot of it depends on hardware. If you want new hot laptop chances are not good that qubes will work. I admit you could get it working. But need to be pretty damn good at Linux.

TAILS = zero knowledge required as far as ordering is concerned. But qubes is far better than TAILS on several levels. But ease of use is not one of them.


[2 Points] hopes_ginger_bush:

If you're looking for an alternative I use: Burner phone hotspot>Linux usb>Mulvad VPN>VM>Whonix Gateway> Whonix Workstation>Tor

Safe to be safe my dartboard degenerate.


[1 Points] shillface:

Qubes/Whonix is a "better" setup than tails.

It's more resistant to tor deanon techniques like the ones used on playpen and SR2.

You can update all your software daily so are less exposed to newly known exploits. Meanwhile Tails is updated every month or two (still pretty reasonable).

The only issue is that it can be picky about hardware (I had to disable suspend on lid close and WiFi wouldn't work without updates) and it takes a day to get your head around the VM structure.

Once you have it setup and working it's​ pretty nice. Setup may be beyond the grasp of your average newbie though.