Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: Installing additional software

2021-02-01 Thread Sven Semmler
On 2/1/21 3:58 PM, Ulrich Windl wrote: Couldn't there be conflicts between the updates in the AppVM and the template? If not, wouldn't that waste space by keeping some updates more than once? If the AppVM is not a disposable one, the updates are still lost? Wouldn't that mean any (e.g.) update

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: Installing additional software

2021-02-01 Thread Sven Semmler
So you don't base AppVMs on the minimal template, but have multiple "adjusted" almost-minimal templates? Unman is the actual maintainer of the debian templates (https://www.qubes-os.org/team/#unman) My understanding of what he wrote is that he bases "almost *all*" of his "working qubes" on "a

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: Installing additional software

2021-02-01 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/16/21 2:39 AM, unman wrote: On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 06:35:13PM -0600, Sven Semmler wrote: On 1/15/21 6:10 PM, unman wrote: at the expense of security, since all AppVMs based on that template will have a large number of applications/libraries which may be ripe for exploit. Could you pleas

Re: [EXT] Re: [qubes-users] Q: Installing additional software

2021-02-01 Thread Ulrich Windl
On 1/16/21 1:10 AM, unman wrote: On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 12:41:04AM +0100, Ulrich Windl wrote: Hi! I have a question about installing additional software (e.g. GIMP in debian-10): The options I see are: 1) Install it in some AppVM based on debian-10 2) Clone debian-10 template and install softw