On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 5:00 PM, <hed...@tutanota.com> wrote: > @Olivier Medoc > > First off, thank you for all the work you've clearly put into the Arch > Linux build and documentation for Qubes. > > FYI, I'd just like to add my own experiences when I tried to use the new > template. (Since I was using the ready-built template, I skipped your build > instructions and started at section "Package Manager Proxy Setup Section".): > > 1. After the initial download, the template VM wouldn't close down and was > eventually killed by the qubes-dom0-update script. That behaviour was > repeated after I started and tried to shutdown the template VM myself. > 2. Just like Francesco, I had difficulty reading the command lines, > because it is virtually impossible to distinguish a single- from a > double-dash and copy/paste wasn't working. I tried in both Firefox and > Chromium so it wasn't browser related. A fixed-pitch font should do the > trick. > 3. Since gnome-terminal wouldn't open, it would have been useful if you > had specifically named the "archlinux terminal app" for those of us not > versed in Arch Linux. I used xterm as a fallback, which worked, but later > found out that there is an xfce4-terminal that is very like gnome-terminal. > 4. Step 3 Install Pacman failed with an error about a database file not > existing. Some research led me to try "pacman -Syy" (I think without > "sudo") which did the trick. > 5. Step 7 Configure Powerpill... the description (though not the example) > omits the need for a comma on the preceding line. > > Otherwise, it's now all up and running. Now all I have to do is get my > head around Arch! > > Mine is also working! Thanks to Olivier for your long time commitment. Happy new Year!
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