@notechie wrote:
Oryx Pro
There are two such systems in the HCL. Both required some troubleshooting but none mentions any issue with Vt-d.
There is a longish thread here, that involves installing R4.1 on a USB drive … but I didn’t read it all.
Unsupported Hardware Detected. Missing Features: 10MMu/VT-d/AMD-Vi, Interrupt Remapping
As mentioned before your CPU supports Vt-d. There have been a couple of instances in which Intel sells two chips with the same name, one supporting it and the other doesn’t … but I couldn’t find any evidence of that being the case with your CPU.
Maybe there is a BIOS setting to enable “virtualization support” or something like that?
I was hoping to run it from a USB if that is possible.
You can install it on a USB drive by selecting that drive in the installer. However the performance will be impacted obviously.
Bottom-line: I remain positive on this laptop being able to run Qubes OS, however this brief research also made it clear that this endeavor will entail some troubleshooting and by no means is a “just works” affair. So given that you describe yourself as “not a techie” maybe this is too much trouble.
If you want to try Qubes OS, I’d highly recommend getting one of the computers mentioned in this list. Most of them are around for a while and available to be purchased on eBay.
You could also try and get in touch with the people who reported using an Oryx Pro as linked above and ask for some guidance.