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

>>andyjo+t4
I find it fairly laborious to launch and tear down zones, move files between them using a file browser integration. It multiplies the steps needed to do common things. It's not unusable by any means, but it makes you reconsider how much privacy you actually want. I still use it periodically, but it's a bit much even for me.

>>Torgo+Jy
You're missing the point of compartmentalization. One typically doesn't want to contaminate zones, and if you're in the business of contamination, you are also in the business of multiplying the steps needed to ferry information between zones. The benefit of having single duty compartments like this is that you can focus on the task at hand, as humans are really awful at multitasking. Also see research on people driving whilst using a mobile phone: it impairs performance quite substantially and it's often dangerous to multitask.

Similarly on a computer, if I have all my apps in one place, all my bookmarks, all my personal data, all my contacts, etc, then this is dangerous because it's a single point of failure and malware often targets machines like this where it can see that the machine is used quite heavily by the operator and interesting things happen on it quite often. Not that malware is even the main culprit for collection. It could be just your spouse has a poke around your system for 5 minutes and collects 5 years worth of browsing history, or any other threat actor for that matter.