Hello everyone,I have been using Qubes OS for one and half year, but there are still two things I don’t know how to do. 1- How to update/change the keyring password for an AppVM, as well as how to change the lock screen password. 2- How to change the entire desktop environment theme to dark mode (…

[image] codeAlex: how to change the lock screen password The user is created during installation: Create your user account Select “User Creation” to create your user account. This is what you’ll use to log in after disk decryption and when unlocking the screen locker. This is a purely loca…

[image] codeAlex: How to update/change the keyring password for an AppVM Install and start seahorse. Right click on the keyring and select “change password”. [image] Seahorse: Manage Your Passwords & Encryption Keys in Linux Brief: A simple open-source password and encryption key…

Check this out for dark mode: [image] Qube Manager Dark Mode (built-in method) Community Guides Qubes OS - Qubes tools - Dark mode Preview [Qube Manager. Light mode on left, Dark mode on right.] Introduction See the first reply for simpler methods. Descri…

[image] lars-qubes: sudo passwd <your-user-here> in dom0 …or simply passwd It’s a bit much to have to ask root to change our own password (unless we’ve forgotten it :slight_smile:

… always going the extra mile! :sunglasses:

Thank you! So sudo passwd <your-user-here> in dom0 will do. That works. Check this out for dark mode: here I didn’t see any option for dark mode. Install and start seahorse. Right click on the keyring and select “change password”. For this, if you know an alternative way to change the ke…

How to change / update keyring/lock screen passwords in AppVMs, and enable full dark mode

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lars-qubes April 14, 2026, 12:47pm 4

Check this out for dark mode: