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Hardware Compatibility List for Qubes OS
The following is a list of systems that have been tested and seem to work fine with Qubes OS
General system requirements
Minimum:
- 4GB of RAM
- 64-bit Intel or AMD processor (x86_64 aka x64 aka AMD64)
- Intel GPU strongly preferred (if you have Nvidia GPU, prepare for some troubleshooting; we haven't tested ATI hardware)
- At least 32GB of disk
- Fast SSD disk strongly recommended
Additional requirements:
- Intel VT-x or AMD-v technology (this is needed to run HVM domains only, such as Windows-based AppVMs)
- Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU technology (this is needed for effective isolation of your network VMs)
- TPM with proper BIOS support if you want to use option Anti Evil Maid
If you don't meet the additional criteria, you can still install and use Qubes. It still offers significant security improvement over traditional OSes, because things such as GUI isolation, or kernel protection do not require special hardware.
Note also that:
- You can install Qubes onto a USB pendrive or external disk. A fast USB3 pendrive is recommended for this (be sure it is at least 32GB in size), and Qubes works very nice out of it. Just plug in your pendrive before booting into installer, and choose it as a target installation disk. It works nicely, and you can later just plug it to some other computer to boot Qubes elsewhere.
- We don't recommend installing Qubes in a virtual machine!
- There is a problem with supporting keyboard and mouse on Mac, and so Mac hardware is currently unsupported (patches welcomed!)
- How to find a VT-d capable notebook -- see here.
Hardware Compatibility List
Device
Qubes R1
Qubes R2 Beta2
Reported by
Standard feautures
VT-d
Remarks
Standard features
VT-x (HVM)
VT-d
Remarks
Lenovo Thinkpad T420
OK
OK
Qubes core developers
Lenovo Thinkpad T420s (Intel HD graphics; Sandy Bridge; i5-2520M)
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
Requires kernel 3.2.30 to support S3 sleep (the default kernel S3 sleep causes system reboot)
Qubes core developers
Lenovo Thinkpad T61 (Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M)
OK
X
Qubes core developers
Samsung X460
OK
X
Qubes core developers
Sony Vaio Z 12 (2010 edition)
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
Qubes core developers
Dell Latitude E6420 (Intel HD graphics; Sandy Bridge; i5-2520M)
OK
OK
needs kernel 3.4.17+
OK
OK
OK
Suspend doesn't work on 3.7.6 kernel, but work on 3.7.4
Qubes core developers
Apple MacBookPro (i7 M620)
?
?
X
OK
X
Apple MacBookPro (Intel HD Graphics, Ivy Bridge, i5-3210M)
?
?
X
OK
OK
ASUS UX-31
*
?
ASUS X55A
X
X
X
X
X
Dell Latitude E4300 (Intel GMA 4500M; Mobile 4 Series Chipset; Core2 Duo P9600)
X
OK
OK
Dell Latitude 5520
OK
OK
Dell Latitude E6320 (Intel HD graphics; Sandy Bridge; i5-2540M; BIOS: A06)
OK
OK
OK
Dell Latitude E6430 (Intel HD graphics; Ivy Bridge; i5-3340M, BIOS: A11)
OK
OK
OK
Dell Latitude E6520
OK
OK
Dell PowerEdge T110 II (onboard Matrox; Xeon E3-1230)
OK
OK
Dell Precision M4600 (i7-2860QM; NVIDIA Quadro 1000M)
OK
OK
Dell XPS 13 (i5; intel HD; sandy bridge; BIOS A03)
OK
?
OK
?
?
Fujitsu S751 (HD3000; QM67; i5-2520M; BIOS 1.18)
OK
OK
OK
OK
OK
needs kernel downgrade to 3.7.4
HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14-B030TU (Ivy Bridge; Intel HD Graphics; i5-3317; BIOS F.06)
?
?
OK
OK
OK
Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E130 (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics i3-3217U; BIOS: 2.05)
?
?
OK
OK
OK
Lenovo Thinkpad T430 (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics; i5-3360M; BIOS: 2.51)
?
?
OK
OK
OK
Lenovo Thinkpad T430U (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics +GT 620M; i7-3517M; BIOS: 2.08)
?
?
OK
OK
OK
Lenovo Thinkpad W510 (nVidia; i7-Q820)
OK
OK
Lenovo Thinkpad x220 (HD?000; i5-?)
OK
OK
Lenovo Thinkpad x230 (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics; i5-3320M; BIOS:2.51)
*
OK
*
OK
OK
Toshiba Tecra S11
OK
OK
Toshiba Tecra A11-15X (i7-M620)
OK
OK
Toshiba M780 S7240 (BIOS latest)
OK
OK
Samsung Series 7 Chronos NP700Z5C (nVidia Optimus; i7-3635QM; BIOS P04ABJ)
OK
?
OK
OK
X
Sony Vaio Z2 (2011 edition)
OK
OK
Zareason Ultra Lap 420 (Ivy Bridge; HD Graphics; i5-3317U)
OK
OK
ASRock Z77 Pro4 (Ivy Bridge; Xeon E3-1200 Graphics; i7-3770; BIOS: P1.40)
OK
OK
OK
Dell Precision T3400 Workstation (NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290; Intel Q6600; BIOS: A09)
?
?
OK
OK
X
GA-fxa990-ud3 (rev 3.0) (AMD FX-8350; GTX 470)
?
?
OK
OK
X
MSI Big Bang (i7-950; Radeon HD 6770)
?
?
OK
?
?
Supermicro X10SAE (Haswell; Radeon HD 5700; Xeon E3-1245; BIOS: 1.0)
X
X
OK
OK
X
Submitting new results
If you want to submit any new data please run 'qubes-hcl-report' script (in dom0) and send the results ('HCL Info' - contets of the .txt file) to the mailing list with the following details included:
- Subject: HCL - <your machine model name>
And of course include any useful information about the mentioned Qubes features.
If you have problems with your hardware, please send the 'HCL Support Files' as well (the .cpio.gz file)
Note: The 'HCL Support Files' are contains many details about your hardware - including serial numbers.