-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-05-30 07:47, Franz wrote: > For various reasons there are now a total of 35 VMs in my Qubes > Manager which make some confusion. > > It is true there are two flags in the view tab that are supposed > to put some order: > > Show/Hide inactive VMs Show/Hide internal VMs > > But I found them no much useful. > > In fact I keep Show/Hide inactive VMs always flagged, otherwise it > would be impossible to start and launch a command in a VM without > reverting to the main menu which is even more complex to put in > order. But even unflagging it, which information can one get? Only > that all active VM are green which now happens all the time thanks > to the great work of developers. > > Show/Hide internal VMs apparently changes nothing. > > What about adding a button "Show only preferred VMs" with an > option to set which VMs are preferred perhaps in VM settings > "basic" tab? > > For the user it would be very easy to set which VMs are preferred. > > In other words, I found that the main menu which is functional for > normal OSs is too cumbersome for Qubes with all these VMs and > applications that keep repeating for each VM and that should be > manually configured. On the other hand Qubes Manager is really > snappy. You only have to remember the name of the application you > want to "run command in VM" > > But of course once preferred VMs are set, a button in the main > menu may show only them in the main menu as well. > > Linux Mint has a similar feature for preferred applications, but > in Qubes before reaching the application level there is the VM > level, so, when there is time for the easy to use section... > > Best Fran >
Good points. I've added a link to your comment here: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1870#issuecomment- 222517690 - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXTF/qAAoJENtN07w5UDAwrk0P/3CU7iYy2d140+YDOKHASkcZ lKeEJenLDAl3xhFHfpCOpknCnD89rZP1HnD3kCZ5J3LtHW1MVbR+9GB/jnrzllwU +TKmw52RXguK2rpD9qIY/37qZmQaaXJRBlLaO80PFineeSa0uKfD3tt8pyYyCjUV qn1RSBKsdltAibK+J18wcVbTr0uK766UFpxkgnYQiJwHCBtjeshk1MDT0eYcqPN4 FA38mjQaRntsQhE1SEJDPtGc77ueMfFJlpIGXkPP3d7u7FFodHYBIdD3XvBYtOo0 fTOzM8QNzAyBhpxAs2vufgRg+TyWKcTJgSTPjTql6yKuDqXmyanPoBLpfC/pyAdn L02kp/0k5ol+nL2quzUHGqCTPZC61uVx+xKpI5fKQ2REHkdoakh1wWTDTArUDFhc KPDLdVHUo1hFnB0FYvgnivMjUfZD0ZC/2Rvvn2eQ3Dc0Y+6s4te5spviKoGs4B7D 1WtJ8oUp2K99v65BZp1cnP7WJj8orXUp/phMZ07jZNHYsOCEzbRJyrfoiFhnK+md cnN8nUlCs0wll2kH1bj3M0gYGFIMPp3BFqsaT90gnVXx/QUsguZwpti4do5rDabZ Qz9HRxbn7y/W7laxFSpIevyQI4wcwc+vL9ag0o8zE85ul3GJPtYd/R1Se1vts3Hf w9HMRBxD5lD/FEvyrm1B =iggU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/a63a2c4b-380f-0eba-e637-ec360d724b6b%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
