Fwd: [qubes-users] Removing Template VMs?

[viktor....@gmail.com]

Am Dienstag, 5. Mai 2020 20:39:52 UTC+2 schrieb viktor....@gmail.com:

Am Montag, 4. Mai 2020 22:25:13 UTC+2 schrieb dhorf-hfr...@hashmail.org:

On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 12:28:27PM -0700, viktor....@gmail.com wrote:
> If I'd like to remove any old & **unused** Template VMs (e.g. Debian 9,
> Fedora 29, etc.) all I have to do is to start the Qubes Manager, select the
> template I'd like to remove - and - select 'Delete qube' ...

this should not work for templates that were installed by rpm.
you will have to use "rpm -e qubes-template-fedora-23" (or similar).

I'm a new user of Qubes OS. - I started to use it only with R4.0.

Does any of the above concern me?

this will also require you clean up anything depending on these
templates first, like switching all VMs using them to something else,
removing related dvm templates ...

I'm aware/ took care of that/ already. - This is why I referred to 'remove old & **** unused *** Template VMs'.

i recommend to keep your one-generation-outdated mainline-template
around (even if it is EOL) if you can spare the diskspace.
if you manage to wreck your new mainline template some way, it is
easier to recover from that with an outdated than with no template.

 This advice of yours I don't fully understand - but - I'll defer it to another message.

I could spare the disk space - but - why should I do that?

My understanding from reading the documentation is, that I could re-create the deleted Template VM later in time anyhow, should the need arise ...

For example - "sudo qubes-dom0-update qubes-template-fedora-29" - should I've had deleted it before.





Thanks in advance for any answers & insights!




With kind regards,




VR




[Matt Wilkie]

looks like posted to wrong mailing list Viktor :)

[Viktor Ransmayr]

Hello Matt & Leo Community,

Am Do., 7. Mai 2020 um 02:14 Uhr schrieb Matt Wilkie <map...@gmail.com>:

looks like posted to wrong mailing list Viktor :)

@Matt Wilkie : Thanks for making me aware of my mistake.

@Leo's Community : Now that I've made that 'mistake', I'd like to use it as an opportunity to ask any one of you interested in a reasonably secure development & operating environment to read the available information from the Qubes OS Project. - See

* https://www.qubes-os.org/

I am learning a lot!

With kind regards,

Viktor