Why is docker0 in sys-net here? user@sys-net:~$ ip -s link show 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 RX: bytes packets errors dropped missed mcast …

Did you modify the template? Only good reason I see is docker being installed in that template.

Hmm… oh man… thanks! Yeah, I’ve dabbled with Docker before. I need to set up Qubes OS from scratch again.

no, just remove and re-install the template. And stop modifying the original templates from Qubes OS, clone them and work with those.

Yeah, I’ll do that as soon as I have more hard drive space. That’s the main reason why I’m always fiddling around with TemplateVM.

Not sure what you’re doing but they shouldn’t take up that much space. How much space do you have? I highly doubt its because of template VMs.

Every time a template is cloned, its “content” is also cloned. In Qubes Manager, the disk usage is displayed under “Disk Usage.” If I clone a 5GB template, the clone also uses 5GB. If I create 10 clones, my templates alone will use 50GB.

[image] Differentiating "base" templates and "modified" templates General Cloning a template (or any qube) is generally copy-on-write , so the clone will initially share all of its storage data with the original. Only when you modify either the clone or the orig…

Also I’d recommend to just use debian-13-minimal, no need to have this “everything installed” template for the VM that just runs one application (kuhbs does it like this, it always starts from scratch).

[image] kuhbs: Also I’d recommend to just use debian-13-minimal, no need to have this “everything installed” template for the VM that just runs one application (kuhbs does it like this, it always starts from scratch). No:

Ok, fair port. Then wait for kuhbs, it uses the debian minimal template and does all the management for you :wink: But I miiiiiiight switch to kicksecure still, not sure yet. I very very much want to. But yeah, fair, just use the -xfce templates, they do make everything simpler. Absolutely true. …

@kuhbs I’ve posted a new entry here: https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/template-debian-minimal-vs-kicksecure/42547

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parulin July 15, 2026, 4:06am 10

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Why Use Minimal Templates?