[qubes-users] How to handle untrusted applications?

2017-04-18 Thread nonsense
What is a sane way to manage applications one doesn't trust (e.g. Skype )? As far as I understand the qubes concept so far, I would either have to install the app in my general template (which I do not want ) or create a dedicated template just for the app vm that is supposed to run that app ...

[qubes-users] Manage VM parameters from the command line?

2017-04-18 Thread nonsense
Hi, Us it possible to manage parameters (like what net vm to use) for individual vms from the command line? Lets say the system defaults to sys-whonix, but specific vms should use sys-net straight. .. Thanks for any hint. Joh -- Sent from my Jolla -- You received this message because you

Re: [qubes-users] Re: 4.0-rc1: Has anyone started to replicate the XFCE4 infrastructure for awesome?

2017-08-16 Thread nonsense
On Thursday, August 17, 2017, Drew White wrote: > On Thursday, 17 August 2017 06:41:54 UTC+10, Graumann, Johannes wrote: > > See subject line. I would appreaciate a rc.lua to get started ... Optimally > > I want to have the XFCE4 applications menue, the pulseaudio & > > networkmanager plugins

[qubes-users] 4.1 on ThinkPad P14: High frequency of VM freezes

2022-10-11 Thread nonsense via qubes-users
For nine month now I'm running salt managed Qubes 4.1 as a daily driver with some non-standard usage like podman running development Qubes etc. Until recently I was happy with my setup despite occasional hardware hiccups (iffy support of Lenovo docking station etc.), but in the last couple of we

[qubes-users] Good USB-C docking station?

2023-04-14 Thread nonsense via qubes-users
I'm desperate to find a good USB-C docking station that will work well with my Lenovo ThinkPad, >=2 screens (and QubesOS). The Lenovo one is terrible. On Qubes it never worked for 2 screens and has four a couple of months now jittery video via USB-C - if at all. It's not just me too... A window

[qubes-users] Qubes OS 4.2: no more access to local ports?

2024-02-20 Thread nonsense via qubes-users
I have for years done my development work using dedicated AppVMs that run podman (https://podman.io/) containers based on images from bioconductor (https://bioconductor.org/help/docker/) for project isolation and reproducibility - images are pushed on a per project basis into the registry of th