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>>andrew+(OP)
If anyone here uses Qubes then I'd be interested in learning about your experience.

>>andyjo+t4
Also using Qubes on an old Lenovo Thinkpad.

The only major con for me is that it takes a lot of RAM.The laptop only has like 4GB so I can barely run my work and 'other work' VMs side by side. Often one will not boot due to memory constraints.

I think it would be fine on a 16GB laptop. I just can't be bothered upgrading that old hunk of junk.

I will bring Qubes over to my next laptop, if I ever do end up getting one. I find it indispensable for traveling - isolating network/proxy VMs from each other is amazing!

I'd also like to run i3 on it as the main WM. I think it is possible with some trickery but I didn't try.

>>regeck+o9
Definitely, memory is probably the most important resource when running Qubes. My T420s has 8GB and it's just enough, I wouldn't go for less than 16GB in the next laptop.