On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 07:38:47AM -0800, trueriver wrote: > Hi Defiant > > Slightly off topic but this might be useful for you. > > In my view, and this is purely personal, there is a slightly more coherent > feel to working under Debian templates anyway. In part that is because even > the full Debian template is less filled out than the fedora one, so that > forces you to be in more control of what software the template contains. So > my suggestion would be to go over to Debian, including thunar as the file > manager. As shroobi says, to get the qubes-specific exensions you need to > install the relevant .deb in the Debian template. > > Note also that the full Debian template, out of the box, does not support > sys-net -firewall -usb. If you want to do that, then add the packages > suggested in the docs that the Debian minimal template needs to support > those VMs. Some of the packages are already installed, but apt is clever > enough to tell you and skip over those, so its easier to "install" the lot > than figure out which ones are missing. > > On Sunday, 12 January 2020 22:59:54 UTC, qtpie wrote: > > > > Defiant: > > > Hello. > > > > > > I've a question about the Qubes default desktop setup. Basically, the > > > latest Qubes is running XFCE desktop environment, but I've noticed > > > certain default programs are actually from Gnome. I find those > > > particularly difficult to use. > > > > > > I was wondering why not use the XFCE equivalents of these programs > > > instead? For example, Qubes uses Nautilus (gnome files) as the default > > > file manager, but there is an existing XFCE file manager called Thunar > > > available. The other example I found is the current default text editor. > > > > > > Would it be a good idea to replace these with XFCE equivalents? > > > > > > I did a quick test installing Thunar and it seemed to work fine. > > > Although one thing I noticed is that certain functions like the "Open in > > > disposable VM" in right-click menus were missing. > > > > > > > This is because of the separation between dom0 and domU. dom0 is created > > by the Qubes team and they chose XFCE as a window manager. Apps like > > thunar and nautilus run in a domU, based on a template that you control. > > There is no official Fedora flavour with XFCE and the default one uses > > GNOME so that is why you get XFCE with GNOME apps. But since you manage > > it, and you already started to do this, you can easily XFCEify your > > fedora template by installing the XFCE apps and changing the shortcuts > > in the Qubes start menu. > > > > >
> Note also that the full Debian template, out of the box, does not support > sys-net -firewall -usb. This isnt (shouldnt be true). You should be able to just drop in a Debian qube to fill all these roles, bar any necessary firmware. What packages are missing? -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20200114020515.GB23819%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
