[qubes-users] Creating separate sys-usb and sys-net after installation

[HPOA909]

Disposable VMs' names--can the launcher know the name?

It can be done with the admin API. Assuming you’re in a qube named foo and want to spawn (and communicate with) a new disp1234 qube, which will automatically be cleaned up when it shuts down: readarray -d '' -s 1 disp < <(qrexec-client-vm dom0 admin.vm.CreateDisposable </dev/null) wait $! || # handle error ... qrexec-client-vm "$disp" admin.vm.Start </dev/null qrexec-client-vm "$disp" myservice1+arg1 qrexec-client-vm "$disp" myservice2+arg2 qrexec-client-vm "$disp" admin.vm.Kill </dev/null Wh…

"poor man's" pre-loaded DispVM for faster start

I hope one day Qubes OS will have the ability to hold a preloaded DispVM ready to use it immediately when requested instead of having to start it. Until then I’ve implemented a little workaround / hack that gives me an approximation. create named DispVMs e.g. qvm-create --class DispVM --template offline-dvm --label purple offline and qvm-create --class DispVM --template online-dvm --label red online make sure they start automatically either by using the autostart property or by creating sh…