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On 2016-12-21 19:21, Patrick Bouldin wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 6:13:24 AM UTC-5, Patrick
> Bouldin wrote:
>> Hi, I saw some threads on this but am not clear at a high level.
>> 
>> I thought I would install dropbox client on one of my Fedora VMs
>> so that working with files is much smoother than from a browser.
>> So, is installing a Fedora Desktop the best plan to do that?
>> Don't assume I know enough of native Qubes ability please - maybe
>> I'm missing a key point!
>> 

You'll want to install Dropbox in your TemplateVM so that you can use it
in AppVMs based on that TemplateVM. You can follow the instructions on
Dropbox's website for adding their repo in your Fedora TemplateVM, then:

    $ sudo dnf install nautilus-dropbox

> one day of poking around more, let me just ask this. I looked but
> could not find, is it normal to be able to launch Fedora GNOME
> inside a Fedora 24 VM? How does one do that? I tried StartX... that
> doesn't work. Do I need to install something?
> 

Quoting Marek's answer to this in another thread:
> This isn't possible for standard AppVMs - this part (emulated GPU)
> is intentionally disabled there. If you really want, for whatever
> reason, you can: - start vncserver in the VM and connect to it from
> the same VM - create HVM and install some linux (or other system)
> there - HVMs are running with emulated GPU and can be viewed with
> full desktop in a window: https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/Z8XXbz5wofE/caDe72DjCgAJ

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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