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          <strong>Qubes</strong> OS
          <small>A reasonably secure operating system</small>
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          <blockquote>"If you're serious about security, Qubes OS is the best OS available today. It's what I use, and free."
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            <footer>Edward Snowden<cite>, whistleblower and privacy advocate</cite></footer>
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          <blockquote>"Happy thought of the day: An attacker who merely finds a browser bug can't listen to my microphone except when I've told Qubes to enable it."
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            <footer>Daniel J. Bernstein<cite title="Source Title">, mathematician, cryptologist, computer scientist</cite></footer>
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          <blockquote>"When I use Qubes I feel like a god. Software thinks that it's in control, that it can do what it wants? It can't. I'm in control."
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          <blockquote>"With Qubes OS, I feel more comfortable accessing Tor Project infrastructure from the same laptop I use to execute random GameBoy ROMs I downloaded from the internet."
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            <footer>Isis Agora Lovecruft<cite title="Source Title">, cypherpunk, Tor Project core developer</cite></footer>
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              "Finally, a 'Reasonably-Secure' Operating System: Qubes R3"
              <footer>by J.M. Porup</footer>
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        <p>Qubes brings to your personal computer the security of the Xen hypervisor, the same software relied on by many major hosting providers to isolate websites and services from each other. <a href="/doc/architecture/">Learn more</a></p>
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        <p>Can't decide which Linux distribution you prefer? Still need that one Windows program for work? With Qubes, you're not limited to just one OS. <a href="/doc/templates/">Learn more</a></p>
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        <p>With Whonix integrated into Qubes, using the Internet anonymously over the Tor network is safe and easy. <a href="/doc/whonix/">Learn more</a></p>
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