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  • 12th September 2026

Four Weeks with the NitroPad T480: The Verdict Before It Goes Back

Closing the loops from the review and the Qubes week: what Heads is like day to day, whether the start times became routine, and whether I’d spend my own money on one.

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  • 2nd August 2026

A Week with Qubes OS on the NitroPad T480

Measured, not guessed: qube start times, memory use across two sessions, and what CPU load actually costs on 2018 hardware running Qubes 4.3.1.

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  • 28th July 2026

NitroPad T480 Review: Coreboot, Heads, and a Nitrokey as Trust Anchor

A first look at the NitroPad T480: Coreboot, Heads measured boot, a disabled Intel ME, and what a review unit without a tamper seal can and can’t demonstrate.

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