Any contraindication to run Qubes inside virtualbox?

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So I tried to first install qubes os on an external usb disk and I failed. I was trying to install it onto a portable USB disk which I hope would make Qubes available everywhere. Seems I was too optimistic with its potential. History here: Installation seems successful but can't boot X

Now I thought - well, at least I could run it inside virtualbox maybe?

Is there any reason not do that? Like - for example the whole philosophy of Qubes would be violated, or I would expose myself more than I think I would or something like that?

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It’s not recommended, since Qubes uses its own baremetal hypervisor (Xen). However, some people have been able to get it to work.

It might be okay for testing, but I wouldn’t recommend it as a permanent solution for important things.

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Thanks for the recommendation. I was just trying it and the installer is already reporting some unsupported hardware with the virtual hard disk.

I went “Continue” but now the final installation step is hanging at “Configuring TemplateVM Fedora 30”

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Actually not true. I managed to finish the install. Pretty cool. Will see how it will work

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