On Thursday, 16 January 2020 17:55:22 UTC, M wrote:
>
> I read about a TemplateVM and a StandaloneVM in the “Glossary of Qubes
> Terminology”. But I’m still not sure about which kind of VM to choose for a
> Windows 10 VM.
>
> Can someone please tell me more clearly when to chose these kinds of VM’s,
> and which you would recommend for a Windows 10 VM and why ?
Hi M,
The quick rule of thumb is that if you are installing from an iso file, you
need a standalone VM. This obvs includes any version of Windows. I will
explain why.
A template VM in Qubes is the base part of a Linux install, missing the
parts that are specific to a particular user. So when you run "vault" and
"untrusted" both using the same template, the two VMs have the same rnge of
software available, but different histories: sharing the base install save
space, havng different history means that if your untrusted machine has
been hacked, vault is still safe.
A second thing to know about the Qubes templates is that they include the
Qubes magic software that enables you to send files from one VM to another,
copy and paste across different machines, and so on (most of these programs
have names beginning with "q" ("qrexec", and suchlike).
Official templates exist for Fedora and Debian. The Wizardly enthusiasts in
the Qubes user community have also created templates for other Linux
distributions. If like me you are less endowed with Linux-hacking skills,
you either start from someone else's template, or create a standalone
machine using the .iso install "disk" for that operating system.
In the case of Windows that is an easy decision: the internals of Windows
are so different to Linux that I am told there is no chance of even a
mighty wizard creating a Windows template. So its install from .iso onto a
standalone VM. I think you will also find you need to choose HVM as the VM
type.
Finally, Microsoft may want a further fee from you to make that install
official. Running Windows in a VM counts as a separate machine to the one
that acts as host :( Be prepared to pay, or expect to run your system as
an unregistered one which may have an impact on Windows Update :(
Hope that helps
R~~
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