Qubes for productivity?

General Discussion
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Hey, if Qubes made personal and professional templates so that you could use Qubes for numerous tasks… Can I use Qubes to organize my daily schedule?

  • By using something like Joplin with Snap or Flathub Qube, I want to manage my daily tasks. I am aware that I can use it when my qube is already working.

But my question is: Can the Qube open automatically to alert me for tasks I’ve already customized with my program (Joplin, for example)?

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You can make any Qube autostart if that’s what you are asking about. However, designing a coherent workflow with browser extensions without compromising the security is not that easy. Probably qubes-url-redirector and this howto [Guide] Automatically install extensions and configure new (dispvm) Firefox profiles with arkenfox user.js and policies would be a good point to start. I’d suggest keeping the Joplin browser plugin in one Qube and opening links there when necessary.

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Thanks for your feedback …
My question is :
Could I modify any Qube to start a software automatically in a specific time (to manage my tasks) .

Or could the software (I had installed to force the offline Qube to start in specific time to give me a notification.

Also, could you tell how to make any Qube autostart ?

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Of course you can. Just to schedule a task in dom0 to “qvm-run xx-qube xx-software”.

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This means I’ll intentionally open my Qube and start my task. And if I don’t open my qube, I won’t get it. That’s what you’re getting at !!

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Nope, the command above does it for you. You just need to configure, to make that command run automatically on time.

The “qvm-run” command boots up the qube and starts your software.

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You can autostart Qube & setup autostart for program into it with rc.local or local Qube cron for example