Speeding up VM startups

[deeplow]

@arkenoi

we can always have a “hot standby” dvm that would be available immediately and launch a new one as well. This would be a HUGE speed-up!

I’ve been interested in this idea for a while but never explored it. Looking into it, I see that Sven has already made a guide for it

"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…