Allow me to add my small contribution to this conversation about the importance of this forum. I argue that this forum should be an integral part of Qubes OS “reasonably secure” approach. Qubes OS without accessible information is less reasonably secure. The Qubes website extensive documentation provide one part of the equation. This forum provides an essential and irreplaceable part.
Practically speaking, I described here on of my first problems with Qubes:
I had a problem that no one seems to have ever faced. My system was no longer bootable. Looking for a solution to save my data, I searched online using the words in front of me, and found on some forum instructions that did get Qubes operational again. I edited something way deep in the system via dracut pre-boot. Qubes OS booted and I’m convinced that the isolation was broken.
It could be that some Qubes OS exploits need multiple steps and require misleading the user into taking some of these steps.
All this to say that this forum would have given me a better answer to my problem than a post on a some forum on the Internet.
Thank you.