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layout: wiki title: User Documentation permalink: /wiki/UserDoc/

Qubes User Documentation

1. Basic Reading

   1. Getting Started
   2. Security Guidelines
   3. Glossary of Qubes Terminology

2. Dom0

   1. Dom0 Command-Line Tools
   2. Updating Software in dom0
   3. Copying Files to and from dom0
   4. Backup, Restoration, and Migration
   5. Qubes Policy for InterVM Services
   6. Advanced Topics
      1. Installing Anti Evil Maid
      2. XFCE Installation in dom0
      3. Installing ZFS in Qubes

3. DomUs

   1. DomU Command-Line Tools

   2. Intra-VM Actions

      1. Enabling Fullscreen Mode
      2. Managing Application Shortcuts

   3. Inter-VM Actions

      1. Copying and Pasting Text Between Domains
      2. Copying and Moving Files Between Domains
      3. Using GPG more securely in Qubes: Split GPG tutorial

   4. NetVMs and ProxyVMs

      1. Understanding Qubes Firewall
      2. Understanding and Preventing Data Leaks
      3. How to Install a Transparent Tor ProxyVM (TorVM)
      4. How to set up a ProxyVM as a VPN Gateway
      5. Adding Bridge Support to the NetVM (EXPERIMENTAL)
      6. External Links
         1. ​Creating Custom NetVMs and ProxyVMs
         2. ​How to run TorBrowser using external tor proxy (from TorVM)
         3. ​How to make proxy for individual tcp connection from networkless VM
         4. ​HTTP filtering proxy in Qubes firewall VM

   5. TemplateVMs

      1. Updating and Installing Software in VMs
      2. Templates: Fedora - minimal
      3. Templates: Debian
      4. External Links
         1. ​Extending `root.img` Size

   6. DispVMs

      1. Disposable VMs
      2. DispVM Customization

   7. HVMs

      1. Resizing AppVM and HVM Disk Images
      2. Tips for Using Linux in an HVM
      3. Creating and Using HVM and Windows Domains (Qubes R2 Only)
      4. External Links
         1. ​Creating Whonix HVMs in Qubes
         2. ​Creating NetBSD VM

   8. Windows VMs

      1. Installing and Using Windows-based AppVMs (Qubes R2 Beta 3 and Later)
      2. Advanced options and troubleshooting of Qubes Tools for Windows

   9. Advanced Topics

      1. Configuration files
      2. Qubes service framework
      3. Note regarding password-less root access in VM

4. Applications

   1. Languages

5. Hardware

   1. How to Mount USB Sticks to AppVMs

   2. Where are my external storage devices mounted?

   3. Assigning PCI Devices to AppVMs

   4. Enabling TRIM for SSD disks

   5. Configuring a Network Printer

   6. Using External Audio Devices

   7. Vendor-specific

      1. How to install an Nvidia driver in dom0
      2. Getting Sony Vaio Z laptop to work with Qubes

   8. External Links

      1. ​Installing on system with new AMD GPU (missing firmware problem)
      2. ​Solving problems with Macbook Air 2012
      3. ​Booting with GRUB2 and GPT