Yes, @wumbo mentions this above, this could be a good option from the laptop side of things.  Not sure if it would work with Qubes, but I could get an alternative Distro running on a home machine.



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My second suggestion is to have a pc running at home and you just VPN there from remote to your pc at home. It's super secure from the encryption and at the moment of going into the plane you carry nothing but a password for the vpn home in your head.