fedora-32

[anon]

Hello, is fedora-32 minimal adequate for use as sys-firewall? or is
there some reason that its better to use the full F32 template?

[Jarrah]

> Hello, is fedora-32 minimal adequate for use as sys-firewall? or is
> there some reason that its better to use the full F32 template?

It will work, but requires some extra packages. See
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/minimal/ under the heading
"Distro-Specific Notes".

[Qubes]

On 7/1/20 3:51 AM, anon wrote:
> Hello, is fedora-32 minimal adequate for use as sys-firewall? or is
> there some reason that its better to use the full F32 template?
>

You can use the minimal template, but not as it is 'out-of-the-box', the
minimal template is missing Qubes specific packages/configuration. Have
a look at this page in the documentation,
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/minimal/.

In my opinion the minimal template may as well contain all of the
packages needed to use that template for any Qubes related function,
instead of the user meticulously having to make sure the needed packages
for a specific qube to function as sys-firewall or sys-usb for example
are installed.

[unman]

The idea is that it's minimal, so you can use it for a specific purpose,
which need not be one of the Qubes sys-* - nor need it be online. It's
also supposed to be used by someone who has some Qubes/command line
knowledge, so installing the necessary packages should not be a problem.
It is a small template with the absolute minimal required to function
in a Qubes environment.
I have seen requests to strip it down further, so one can have a headless
qube.
Horses for courses.