While Qubes was being installed, I had the option to have sys-net be disposable, but I did not check the box. On other topics a few members have said to edit file /var/lib/qubes/qubes.xml but I tried that twice and all changes to the file were reverted after restart and sys-net is still a AppVM.

Yes. If you want a disposable sys-net, you have to set the pillar appropriately. This is straightforward - sudo su cd /srv/pillar/_tops/base ln -s /srv/pillar/base/qvm/disposable-sys-net.top . qubesctl state.apply qvm.sys-net This will create a disposable sys-net, and allocate to it the networ…

Convert Sys-net to DisposableVM?

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kylee312 February 20, 2025, 9:20am 6

Why are you all saying this? See:

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