Re: [qubes-users] Deleting debian-9 template and getting a new one returns an error: "Error: Unable to find a match"

2019-03-04 Thread Chris Laprise
On 3/4/19 8:59 PM, Sphere wrote: Thanks for this unman I tried the commands you suggested and it still ended up with the very same "Error: Unable to find a match" I'll track that issue you raised to know when it gets fixed (Y) Have you tried "sudo dnf clean all" in dom0? -- Chris Laprise,

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread airelemental
Mar 4, 2019, 12:03 PM by brendan.h...@gmail.com: > My recommendations, incorporating some other previous recommendations. > > 0) After install, clone the baseline templates, then re-point all the > non-standalone VMs to the clones. Update the clones regularly. > ... > 4) Keep a list of all

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread cooloutac
I also don't do anything in dom0. absolutely nothing. and If I have to restore my system. The only thing I'm restoring is the appvms.I will manually reinstall Qubes and re clone two or three extra templates I need, and manually reinstall the software I need in them. I have not used

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread cooloutac
. I only make clone template when I'm going to install extra software. In case it borks something or is shady. For example I have cloned template for disposable vm, where I install printer drivers. One for personal vm's that I installed libre office. One for sys-usb and sys-net.

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread cooloutac
found it https://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/03/partitioning-my-digital-life-into.html -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread cooloutac
I found it. http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/03/partitioning-my-digital-life-into.html -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread cooloutac
On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 3:18:07 PM UTC-5, Andrew David Wong wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 24/02/2019 1.53 PM, dexinthec...@gmail.com wrote: > > Just recently installed Qubes being new to Linux altogether I > > haven’t quiet developed my own best

Re: [qubes-users] Deleting debian-9 template and getting a new one returns an error: "Error: Unable to find a match"

2019-03-04 Thread Sphere
Thanks for this unman I tried the commands you suggested and it still ended up with the very same "Error: Unable to find a match" I'll track that issue you raised to know when it gets fixed (Y) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To

[qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 04/03/2019 1.40 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: > [...] You can also take this a step further and make a snapshot of > the dom0 root volume before updating. With the default Qubes config > this is a quick process and means using 'lvcreate --snapshot' on

[qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 04/03/2019 6.03 AM, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: > My recommendations, incorporating some other previous > recommendations. > > [...] > > 1) Backup your templates and Qubes. Strongly agree. The need for backups is not Qubes-specific, but it

[qubes-users] suggestion for Qubes-Updater

2019-03-04 Thread haaber
I realized that the little icon-launcher qubes-updater does not seem to run "apt-get autoclean" type commands. Once your apt cahce is too large, updates fail, and the user does not see why (!). This should maybe reviewed. best, Bernhard -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [qubes-users] QUBES_GPG_AUTOACCEPT not being honored in 4.0

2019-03-04 Thread unman
On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 09:07:02PM +0100, cubit wrote: > > > > Mar 4, 2019, 3:10 PM by un...@thirdeyesecurity.org: > > > What shell are you using in gpg? > > Try putting the export line in .profile and restart gpg. Any different? > > > > That did the job.   I had it originally listed as I

Re: [qubes-users] #ReactOS 0.4.11 is out!! Supported new AHCI SATA controllers, but still not installing in Qubes 4.0

2019-03-04 Thread Chris Laprise
On 3/4/19 1:44 PM, Sergio Matta wrote: ReactOS 0.4.11 is out!! Supported new AHCI SATA controllers, more #Software working thanks to correct manifest loading, #RTL support, new Update feature... More info: https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0411-released … Download it from:

Re: [qubes-users] QUBES_GPG_AUTOACCEPT not being honored in 4.0

2019-03-04 Thread cubit
Mar 4, 2019, 3:10 PM by un...@thirdeyesecurity.org: > What shell are you using in gpg? > Try putting the export line in .profile and restart gpg. Any different? > That did the job.   I had it originally listed as I mentioned in .bash_profile which was sourced by .bashrc which was sourced by

Re: [qubes-users] Could Qubes Installation Configuration Be More User Friendly?

2019-03-04 Thread Chris Laprise
On 3/3/19 11:12 PM, Sphere wrote: I believe this is because of a vast difference of manpower and popularity between Ubuntu and Qubes. Also taking into consideration the use-case of Qubes when it comes to popularity. Even what Ubuntu can do is fairly limited. Have a look at their support

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Chris Laprise wrote on 3/4/19 7:40 PM: You can also take this a step further and make a snapshot of the dom0 root volume before updating. With the default Qubes config this is a quick process and means using 'lvcreate --snapshot' on the qubes_dom0/root volume. For completeness, a copy of

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread Chris Laprise
On 3/4/19 7:03 AM, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: My recommendations, incorporating some other previous recommendations. 0) After install, clone the baseline templates, then re-point all the non-standalone VMs to the clones. Update the clones regularly. This avoids the catch-22 of having your

[qubes-users] #ReactOS 0.4.11 is out!! Supported new AHCI SATA controllers, but still not installing in Qubes 4.0

2019-03-04 Thread Sergio Matta
ReactOS 0.4.11 is out!! Supported new AHCI SATA controllers, more #Software working thanks to correct manifest loading, #RTL support, new Update feature... More info: https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-0411-released … Download it from: https://reactos.org/download It boots but does not

Re: [qubes-users] Hardware support

2019-03-04 Thread 'awokd' via qubes-users
Mike Keehan wrote on 3/4/19 2:07 PM: On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 12:41:23 + "'Robin Murison' via qubes-users" wrote: Both say I am doing the right thing and that IOMMU should be working and I do not see my processor or mother board specifically on the supported hardware list. my machine is

Re: [qubes-users] Fedora 29 HiDPI Resolution

2019-03-04 Thread Daniil Travnikov
On Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 11:54:23 PM UTC+3, Achim Patzner wrote: > How are you trying to do it? > > Achim For example in Debian 9, Whonix WS and Whonix GW I am doing this: " echo Xft.dpi: 240 | xrdb -merge set in /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common (for Whonix in:

Re: [qubes-users] Fedora 29 HiDPI Resolution

2019-03-04 Thread levonsar8
On Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 11:54:23 PM UTC+3, Achim Patzner wrote: > How are you trying to do it? > > Achim For example in Debian 9, Whonix WS and Whonix GW I am doing this: " echo Xft.dpi: 240 | xrdb -merge set in /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common (for Whonix in:

[qubes-users] Re: Oryx Pro laptop (BOOTX64.cfg for Qubes 4.0.1)

2019-03-04 Thread Daniil Travnikov
Finally I did it! Thanks to those who responded and did not remain indifferent to my situation. Especially, 'Shahin Azad' who gave me this url-instruction: https://www.engetsu-consulting.com/blog/installing-qubes-4-0-on-laptops-with-nvidia-gpus-that-do-not-support-the-nouveau-driver and

Re: [qubes-users] Structure of qubes

2019-03-04 Thread acharya . sagar . sagar5
> lsmod confirms that is LKM : you can also check by looking in > /proc/modules Thank you. I'm on it! :D I'm not switching back to Ubuntu, I'm getting things done here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Valid Concerns Regarding Integrity of Whonix Project

2019-03-04 Thread cooloutac
The internet was amazing in the 90s and early 2000s. Then chatroom and forum trolls and russian spammers infested everything. And it all crashed and died. IMO the internet is now called facebook, instagram, twitter and youtube. because its the corner Americans have been backed into. But

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Valid Concerns Regarding Integrity of Whonix Project

2019-03-04 Thread cooloutac
On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 10:04:38 AM UTC-5, qube...@tutanota.com wrote: > Feb 23, 2019, 12:23 AM by raahe...@gmail.com: > > > and it would still require alot more discipline and restraint not to post > > exposing information about yourself online, that would defeat the purpose > > of using

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Valid Concerns Regarding Integrity of Whonix Project

2019-03-04 Thread cooloutac
On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 10:04:38 AM UTC-5, qube...@tutanota.com wrote: > Feb 23, 2019, 12:23 AM by raahe...@gmail.com: > > > and it would still require alot more discipline and restraint not to post > > exposing information about yourself online, that would defeat the purpose > > of using

Re: [qubes-users] Structure of qubes

2019-03-04 Thread unman
On Sun, Mar 03, 2019 at 09:51:05PM -0800, acharya.sagar.sag...@gmail.com wrote: > > Not sure of the answer, but all you should have to do to use that option > > is add it to your kernel= line. > > I think this is an important decision. I need to be sure. There are 2 > different ways to proceed

Re: [qubes-users] QUBES_GPG_AUTOACCEPT not being honored in 4.0

2019-03-04 Thread unman
On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 02:30:44PM +0100, cubit wrote: > Following a move from Qubes 3.2  to 4.0.1 I am struggling to get the split > key gpg to honor QUBES_GPG_AUTOACCEPT any more > > The rest of the split key functionality works as expected but it's very > frustrating the have

Re: [qubes-users] Valid Concerns Regarding Integrity of Whonix Project

2019-03-04 Thread qubes-fan
Feb 23, 2019, 3:50 AM by patrick-mailingli...@whonix.org: > Reminds me, would be good to have OpenPGP signed websites all over the > internet. Unfortunately there is no project working towards it. > > https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Dev/OpenPGP_Signed_Website >

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Valid Concerns Regarding Integrity of Whonix Project

2019-03-04 Thread qubes-fan
Feb 23, 2019, 12:23 AM by raahe...@gmail.com: > and it would still require alot more discipline and restraint not to post > exposing information about yourself online, that would defeat the purpose of > using something like facebook or twitter imno.Again not something I could > see

Re: [qubes-users] Deleting debian-9 template and getting a new one returns an error: "Error: Unable to find a match"

2019-03-04 Thread unman
On Sun, Mar 03, 2019 at 07:46:52PM -0800, Sphere wrote: > On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 8:38:07 PM UTC+8, unman wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:09:38PM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote: > > > On 2/28/19 8:30 PM, Sphere wrote: > > > > I was sure I double checked the line of code I used in dom0

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Valid Concerns Regarding Integrity of Whonix Project

2019-03-04 Thread qubes-fan
Feb 23, 2019, 12:17 AM by raahe...@gmail.com: > On Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 4:17:45 AM UTC-5, qube...@tutanota.com > wrote: > >> I trust Whonix the same as I trust Qubes and TAILS, or Debian, Fedora, Xen. >> I don't have enough intelligence, that would convince me otherwise. And I

Re: Q menu cleanup ideas (was Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?)

2019-03-04 Thread unman
On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 04:45:36AM -0800, brendan.h...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 7:14:40 AM UTC-5, swami wrote: > > Le 04/03/2019 à 13:03, b@gmail.com a écrit : > > > * at some point we'll need to talk about how to keep the Qubes menu clean > > > with all these clones

Re: [qubes-users] Hardware support

2019-03-04 Thread Mike Keehan
On Mon, 4 Mar 2019 12:41:23 + "'Robin Murison' via qubes-users" wrote: > My hardware suppliers are sure my desktop supports IOMMU and yet when > I try to install Qubes 4 the installation says it does not. My basic > question is that error reported based on a white list or on the actual >

[qubes-users] QUBES_GPG_AUTOACCEPT not being honored in 4.0

2019-03-04 Thread cubit
Following a move from Qubes 3.2  to 4.0.1 I am struggling to get the split key gpg to honor QUBES_GPG_AUTOACCEPT any more The rest of the split key functionality works as expected but it's very frustrating the have QUBES_GPG_AUTOACCEPT default to 300 despite having been manually changed to

Q menu cleanup ideas (was Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?)

2019-03-04 Thread brendan . hoar
On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 7:14:40 AM UTC-5, swami wrote: > Le 04/03/2019 à 13:03, b@gmail.com a écrit : > > * at some point we'll need to talk about how to keep the Qubes menu clean > > with all these clones around. > > It would surely help much to have a « Include in menus » checkbox in

[qubes-users] Hardware support

2019-03-04 Thread 'Robin Murison' via qubes-users
My hardware suppliers are sure my desktop supports IOMMU and yet when I try to install Qubes 4 the installation says it does not. My basic question is that error reported based on a white list or on the actual presence or absence of the feature. I have checked with the hardware company that 

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread Swâmi Petaramesh
Le 04/03/2019 à 13:03, brendan.h...@gmail.com a écrit : > * at some point we'll need to talk about how to keep the Qubes menu clean > with all these clones around. It would surely help much to have a « Include in menus » checkbox in the VM properties, to avoid polluting the menu with clone VM

Re: [qubes-users] Best practices?

2019-03-04 Thread brendan . hoar
My recommendations, incorporating some other previous recommendations. 0) After install, clone the baseline templates, then re-point all the non-standalone VMs to the clones. Update the clones regularly. This avoids the catch-22 of having your network broken on all your templates. If a clone