Fewer programs means smaller attack surface With this in mind, I try to uninstall as many programs as possible from my qubes This is very easy to do on the non-XFCE qubes, as the Software app gives me a nice GUI to work with I can uninstall most programs from my qubes without issue. However, if I…

[image] Minifying debian-12-minimal and debian-13-minimal Community Guides Warning: the minimal templates are intended only for advanced users. To understand why, read the following: Minimal templates — Qubes OS Documentation and Why Use Minimal Templates? - …

[image] triage_unloaded: uninstall XTerm, It wants to remove over 300 packages when I try this on regular fedora, including a lot of important looking ones. It could be a bit like sawing off the branch while you are sitting on it!!! Anyway, if an attacker can use xterm against you, then you…

Thank you both. Alas that I cannot mark both of your posts as Solutions, as both of you have been helpful

Unable to uninstall XTerm, and attempting to do so causes qube to break

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parulin December 6, 2025, 6:58am 2