On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 07:07:25AM +0300, Ivan Mitev wrote: > > > On 10/19/18 10:05 PM, Stumpy wrote: > > I realize this is marginally relevant but thought that I am likely not > > the only/first one to think about this so Id reach out to see if anyone > > else has solved it. > > > > I LOVE the disp feature and use it fairly often for random browsing, > > but, I miss a few addons. I managed to add them to my template (which I > > am think might be bad op/sec juju) but even then, when a new addon comes > > out the browser updates so I have to update the addon manually in the > > template which is a PITA that is quickly becoming not worth it. > > Yeah, that's the downside of dispVMs. > > My workflow for updating my profile is: > > 1- every now and then I start a dedicated appVM where my "master" firefox > profile/folder lives, in order to update addons, tweak prefs, ... > > 2- I then copy the folder to the dispVM's *dvm* template (not the dvm > template's template). I assume you're on R4.0 - IIRC for R3.2 you'd have to > update the template itself. > > It seems to be pretty much what you did though. It doesn't take too much > time but then I update my profile every month or so - maybe your addons > require more frequent updates. > > You could try to automatize the process with a script in dom0 that would > start the VMs, `qvm-run` commands, copy files, ... > > Another way would be to skip updating the dvm template (step 2 above) and > instead copy the updated profile to one of your VMs that is always started > (or to dom0, provided you don't open/read any of these files). You could > then write a qubes extension [1] that automatically sync the dispVM profile > with the "master" one when a dispVM starts. > > [1] https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/JtLBUB-YfM0/y2izgbZDBAAJ >
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