Reading list/2024-03-09
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- General
- Automation tools
- Software downloads
- Qubes OS
- https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/vm-interface/
- Updated start menu for XCFE: https://www.pragmaticlinux.com/2021/03/install-and-configure-the-whisker-menu-as-your-xfce-start-menu/
- Installing things
- Copying and moving files and data
- How to copy and move files
- Files copied with GUI file manager are copied to: /home/user/QubesIncoming/<source_qube>/<filename>
- CLI commands
- qvm-copy [--without-progress] file [file]+
- qvm-move [--without-progress] file [file]+
- How to copy and paste text
- How to copy from dom0
- qvm-copy-to-vm <target_vm> <file> copies file to /home/user/QubesIncoming/dom0/ inside the target VM
- Copy files to dom0: qvm-run --pass-io <src-vm> 'cat /path/to/file_in_src_domain' > /path/to/file_name_in_dom0
- Copy files from dom0: cat /path/to/file_in_dom0 | qvm-run --pass-io <dest-vm> 'cat > /path/to/file_name_in_appvm' (or just use qvm-copy-to-vm)
- Copy contents of a file to the clipboard:
- cat <filename> > /var/run/qubes/qubes-clipboard.bin
- ... followed by ...
- echo -n dom- > /var/run/qubes/qubes-clipboard.bin.source
- Note to self: create a shell alias to automate the above!
- Software compartmentalization vs. physical separation
- Partitioning my digital life into security domains
- Clipboard contents stored in /var/run/qubes/qubes_clipboard.bin
- How to copy and move files
- How to enter fullscreen mode
- Templates
- https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/
- Installing
- sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-template-debian-XX
- Minimal templates
- Install a minimal template: sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-template-<DISTRO_NAME>-<RELEASE_NUMBER>-minimal
- Install one that is a community distribution: sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-templates-community qubes-template-<DISTRO_NAME>-<RELEASE_NUMBER>-minimal
- Installing
- Xfce templates
- Template manager
- https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/
- How to install software
- Standalones and HVMs
- Passwordless root access in qubes
- Glossary
- Random issues
- https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/qubes-slow-out-of-mem/15084/4
- https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6904
note that you can get a history of package manager actions in Fedora with dnf history
- Secondary storage
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/logical_volume_manager_administration/vg_admin#VG_create
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/logical_volume_manager_administration/thinly_provisioned_volume_creation
- https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/6/html/logical_volume_manager_administration/ch_introduction-clvm
- How to back up, restore, and migrate
- https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/salt/#updatequbes-vm
- https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/anti-evil-maid/
- Fixing MediaWiki draft extension:
- Error text (from browser console): wgDraft is not defined
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T45910
- Auto-saving in general
- Other MediaWiki topics
- How to Ask Questions the Smart Way
- https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/books/review-the-moth-presents-all-these-wonders.html
- FreeDesktop specifications: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html
- https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/harriet-tubman-note/f576399be47ae3d4/full.pdf
