Whonix installation and prerequisites
The following are the supported platforms:
- Qubes
- KVM
- VirtualBoxÂ
- PCÂ x86 compatible
The minimum hardware resource requirement is as follows:
- 1 GB free RAM
- 10 GB free hard drive space
The minimum (Qubes 4.X) requirements are as follows:
- A 64-bit Intel or AMD processor
- 4 GB RAM
- 32 GB disk space
- Legacy boot mode—required for R3.0 and earlier; UEFI is supported beginning with R3.1
- Intel VT-x with EPT (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Level_Address_Translation#Extended_Page_Tables) or AMD-V with RVI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Level_Address_Translation#Rapid_Virtualization_Indexing)
- Intel VT-d or AMD-Vi (also known as AMD IOMMU)—required for effective isolation of network VMs
Whonix download
Whonix can be downloaded ready for the various supported hypervisors (Windows, Linux, OS X, and Qubes), from the following URL:
Whonix installation
For this hands on installation, we'll use VirtualBox. You can find VirtualBox for download...