Im having trouble keeping persistant downloads

[deeplow]

This is a common pitfall when learning Qubes. See the following answer:

Installing Application in AppVM

Hi, welcome to the community! AppVM gets its root filesystem from another qube (template qube), Fedora (or Debian), by default. So whenever you want to introduce changes into the root filesystem (including installing something) you have to do it in the latter qube. After that you will have to shutdown the TemplateVM and reboot the AppVM. This is how Qubes’ isolation works. More details: But be careful: Installing anything unsafe in TemplateVM will make all AppVMs relied on it unsafe. More de…