NovaCustom NV41 Series

[Sven]

@novacustom can you please submit a HCL report?

[novacustom]

Could you please confirm, should I run qubes-hcl-report dom0 on a certified NV41 Series and share the result here?

[Sven]

Please follow these instructions:

How to use the hardware compatibility list (HCL)

[novacustom]

Here it is.
Qubes-HCL-Notebook-NV4xPZ-20230510-100826.yml (851 Bytes)

[Sven]

Thank you @novacustom for your HCL report, which is online now!

[novacustom]

@Sven thank you!

[immaculate]

Hello Qubes team. Thank you for an amazing OS.

I have a question: how NV41 is certified if there is no hardware buttons for camera and microphone. Wasn’t this a requirement before?

Thank you.
IC

[unman]

Hi @immaculate

I have a question: how NV41 is certified if there is no hardware buttons for camera and microphone. Wasn’t this a requirement before?

This has never been a requirement - it it were then no x230 based
machine would have qualified.

The relevant sections say:

Finally, we require that Qubes-certified hardware does not have any
built-in USB-connected microphones (e.g. as part of a USB-connected
built-in camera) that cannot be easily physically disabled by the user,
e.g. via a convenient mechanical switch. Thankfully, the majority of
laptops on the market that we have seen already satisfy this condition
out-of-the-box, because their built-in microphones are typically
connected to the internal audio device, which itself is a type of PCIe
device…

While we also recommend a physical kill switch on the built-in camera (or, if possible, not to have a built-in camera), we also recognize this isn’t a critical requirement, because users who are concerned about it can easily cover it a piece of tape (something that, regrettably, is far less effective on a microphone).

You can read the full specification here.

I never presume to speak for the Qubes team. When I comment in the Forum or in the mailing lists I speak for myself.

[novacustom]

Even though we don’t have hardware switches for the camera and microphone module, there is an option in our configurator to permanently remove this entire module.