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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 20GB of disk (Note that it is possible to install Qubes on an external USB disk, so that you can try it without sacrificing your current system. Mind, however, that USB disks are usually SLOW!)
  • 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: We don't recommend installing Qubes in a virtual machine!

Note: There is a problem with supporting keyboard and mouse on Mac, and so Mac hardware is currently unsupported (patches welcomed!)

Hardware Compatibility List

Device

Qubes R1

Qubes R2 Beta1

Reported by

Standard feautures

VT-d

AEM

Remarks

Standard features

VT-x

VT-d

AEM

Remarks

Lenovo Thinkpad T420

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Qubes core developers

Lenovo Thinkpad T420s

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

OK

Qubes core developers

Lenovo Thinkpad T61 (Nvidia Quadro NVS 140M)

OK

X

?

OK

OK

X

?

Qubes core developers

Samsung X460

OK

X

?

OK

OK

X

?

Qubes core developers

Sony Vaio Z 12 (2010 edition)

OK

OK

?

read more

OK

OK

OK

?

read more

Qubes core developers

Dell Latitude E6420 (Intel HD graphics; Sandy Bridge; i5-2520M)

OK

OK

?

needs kernel 3.4.17+

OK

OK

OK

?

needs kernel 3.4.17+

Qubes core developers

ASUS UX-31

*

?

?

*

?

?

?

read more

Stephen Boyd

Dell Latitude 5520

OK

OK

?

read more

?

?

?

?

Erik Edin

Dell Latitude E6520

OK

OK

?

read more

?

?

?

?

Steven Collins

Dell PowerEdge T110 II (onboard Matrox; Xeon E3-1230)

OK

OK

?

?

?

?

?

Geoff

Dell Precision M4600 (i7-2860QM; NVIDIA Quadro 1000M)

OK

OK

?

?

?

?

?

nqe

Dell XPS 13 (i5; intel HD; sandy bridge; BIOS A03)

OK

?

?

OK

?

?

?

read more

j

Fujitsu S751 (HD3000; QM67; i5-2520M; BIOS 1.18)

OK

OK

?

OK

OK

OK

?

Zrubi

HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14-B030TU (i5-3317U; BIOS F.06)

?

?

?

OK

OK

OK

?

read more

Stephen Boyd

Lenovo Thinkpad T430 (i5-3320)

?

?

?

OK

OK

OK

?

Tunguuz

Lenovo Thinkpad T430s (i5-3320M; HD4000; QM77; BIOS 2.05)

?

?

?

OK

OK

OK

?

read more

cprise

Lenovo Thinkpad W510 (nVidia; i7-Q820)

OK

OK

?

read more

?

?

?

?

Sebastian Hültenschmidt

Lenovo Thinkpad X61t

?

?

?

OK

?

?

?

George Walker

Lenovo Thinkpad x220 (HD?000; i5-?)

OK

OK

?

?

?

?

?

Stefan Boresch

Lenovo Thinkpad x230

*

OK

?

read more

?

?

?

?

Chris

Toshiba Tecra S11

OK

OK

?

read more

?

?

?

?

Jan Beerden

Toshiba Tecra A11-15X (i7-M620)

OK

OK

?

?

?

?

?

PirBoazo

Toshiba M780 S7240 (BIOS latest)

OK

OK

?

?

?

?

?

Franz

Samsung Series 7 Chronos NP700Z5C (nVidia Optimus; i7-3635QM; BIOS P04ABJ)

OK

OK

?

read more

OK

OK

OK

?

read more

Outback Dingo

Sony Vaio Z2 (2011 edition)

OK

OK

?

read more

?

?

?

?

Danny Fullerton

Submitting new results

If you want to submit any new results please send a mail to the mailing list with the following details included:

  • Subject: HCL - <your machine model name>
  • VGA
  • CPU
  • Chipset
  • BIOS version

And of course include any information about the mentioned Qubes features.