Hey
what do you recommend choosing during installation Debian or Fedora
Regards
Michael
I personally recommend picking what was there by default ‘fedora’, i believe its where most of the community is too .
I have assumed this default affects service VMs such as sys-net which would make more difference when getting advice for troubleshooting .
Can someone confirm which VMs it affects in a fresh install, does that include dom0?
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If you do not have extreme hardware constraints in disk space, choose both Debian and Fedora. Both Debian and Fedora can have their usefulness.
I have not attempted converting “net-vm” into using Debian.
Might be easier to stick to defaults.
There is a lot of documentation on the Qubes OS website. I know it can be quite difficult to read through as if it were a fictional novel. Might want to look at the documentation enough to realize where you might find some hard to understand concepts.
dom0, is self contained (and for Qubes 4.2.3, which I assumed you installed,) is not dependent on any of the Templates from which our Apps are formed, but its own dove tailed version of, Fedora 37.
Whenever I find something that the developers did, which I initially thought seemed incorrect, after I researched the topic a bit, I am impressed on the fact the Qubes Developers had made some great decisions.
Using Qubes in a secure manner requires thoughtful “Operational Security” “OpSec” how to do things, when, what not to do. The Qubes Operating System can not protect your computer from getting Malware, just limiting that Malware to one Qube is the goal.
I have heard it said, that Anonymity is not the inherent goal of Qubes, or something like that. Meaning, if Anonymity is your goal, then your decisions of how to use Qubes become very important. (OpSec) There is a lot of documentation on the Whonix website.
If you are just experimenting, I now there is now a Template that is more standard version of Fedora 40 that can be directly installed. Upper left, Blue Q, click, then from the drop down menu, at the bottom, Gear, click then on on the menus that come up there is one on Templates, which can take a bit of time to populate, then one of the options is just “Fedora 40.” Takes a while to download and install.
A lot folks here know much more than myself that will help on this forum.
Enjoy.
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The individual App Qubes, (look upper left, blue Q, click, first column, App Qubes. Second column Templates, then third column. shows some other Qubes -like net-vm)
If you click on any Qube, in its drop down menu there is a one entry, Settings. click
That Settings describes which Template Qube (Fedora or Debian) it is based off of. and all kinds of interesting controls on the individual Qube, Notice the third Tab towards the right, This one allows you to install some standard software into the Qube.
For App Qubes, for any piece of software that is to remain available the next time you click open that App Qube, then that software needs to be installed in the corresponding Template Qube. (Never open a Template Qube to the internet) The Template Qube can add software (in its settings) and be updated through a back channel. (back channel is not good terminology, but, it means, don’t worry about your Qube being corrupted there, at least not from your mistakes). Software not shown in Settings availability can be installed by way of Terminal, but it is at your risk discretion, and can require more Linux skills.
Exception, a “stand alone” Qube, which would appear as an App Qube. Changes you make to that Qube, remain. Including any malware that might have snuck in.
