@newbie asked:
did you flash the coreboot firmware yourself?
Yes, following a guide that is still being worked on by @Plexus.
The first time requires to disassemble the T430 down to the motherboard,
locate the flash chips and physically connect to them with clamps while
using another computer to flash them.
This sounds a lot more scary than it is. I hope soon this guide will be
published with photos and step-by-step instructions.
After that (once you have a Heads version running), you can reflash
using Heads itself.
sys-net ↔ sys-clearnet ↔ sys-njalla ↔ sys-vpn ↔ streaming
wow, 3 proxy qubes,
lol … at least not [seven]
(Good Luck, I'm Behind 7 Proxies | Know Your Meme)
The idea here is this:
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sys-clearnet is where qubes connect for direct interet access, it’s
what in most installs is simply called “sys-firewall”. Normally none of
my qubes use sys-clearnet but every now an then I have to temporarily
allow a disposable qube to go through clearnet for a specific task. -
sys-njalla is one of my VPN providers and that qube uses the Qubes OS
firewall to make sure sys-njalla can only connect to the respective VPN
servers and nothing else. -
sys-vpn is a second firewall qube that all my online qubes connect to.
The main reason they don’t connect to e.g. sys-njalla is that this
indirection allows me to change VPN providers simply be changing the
netvm property of sys-vpn.
… sometimes the VPN is not fast enough for HD Netflix. That’s one
scenario where I might temporarily connect directly to sys-clearnet.
if we use disposable whonix + tor for streaming, can it serve the
same purpose ?
Streaming Netflix over Tor? Good luck!
I have watched some YouTube over Tor before, that was OK but depends on
the circuit you get. It’s not 100% technically correct, but you can
think of Tor as a kind of special purpose VPN with extra features.