On Monday, April 16, 2018 at 4:50:08 PM UTC-4, Jan Hustak wrote: > Hello, > > I really like Qubes' isolation approach. I would also like to isolate > the programs I run from code they don't need. So I want to split not > just my data into separate qubes, but also the software that works with > said data. > > One way to do this is to install required software under /usr/local in > each qube. That has the important drawback of ignoring the qube's > package manager and the consistent updates it provides. > > Another option is to build my qubes as StandaloneVMs copied from a > minimalist template. The qubes have to be updated one by one but at > least it's still done using the package manager. > > So I created a Debian template trimmed to about 2.5 GB. I identified my > task domains - there were about 10 - and planned to cut a 4GB qube for > each. This would eat up 40 GB from my 500 GB drive which I can live with. > > However, The VM Manager insists on at least 10 GB for each qube. Giving > up 100 GB with 75 GB empty (i.e. 15 % of total disk space) is steep. So > my question is: how can I create smaller images for my qubes? > > I'm also open to discussing the basic concept: is it worth trying to > keep, for example, Firefox and GIMP in separate qubes, or should I just > relax and use one fat TemplateVM with the union of all packages I need? > > Any advice appreciated. > > jh
I think its only maximum space. only used when needed. it is already really using only a little more then 4.5 gb each default template vm, i think. you can check in the vm. -- 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/f14699d9-afd1-43f2-9d55-82bbdb7ffefb%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
