Thank you both for taking the time to help... Managed to upgrade the template, also managed to get my wifi working on debian-8 template(seems faster now to boot!).
I found this post with instructions: 1) sudo apt install firmware-iwlwifi 2) sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade However I am struggling with getting the Gnome desktop installed. I run 'sudo tasksel' and get the option to scroll down to GNOME, the red cursor seems to move however I am unable to select GNOME, I tried just leaving the red cursor on GNOME, hit enter(or OK) but nothing happens?? It simply closes and I go back to the terminal with user@debian... Sorry for the basic question but how do I select "GNOME" in this window?(I saw a "*" by googling but no keys seems to work. Thank you again...unfortunately I have been the target of an ongoing attack and having been hacked with Microsoft, then Apple I decided to go with Qubes as it is the most secure. But it has been a huge learning curve! -- 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/a678c02b-9332-4cda-aa5d-18d37ed53390%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.