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Qubes 4.0

Hardware

Purism laptops

Upgrade Coreboot before installing Qubes 4.0:

wget https://code.puri.sm/kakaroto/coreboot-files/raw/master/build_coreboot.sh -
chmod +x ./build_coreboot.sh
sudo ./build_coreboot.sh

Known issues

Librem 13

• Keyboard layout issue with \/| (backslash/pipe) key

  Solution: xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = backslash bar" in dom0 and/or Template/AppVMs

Configuration

• Enable USB keyboard

  sudo qubes-dom0-update
  sudo qubesctl state.sls qvm.usb-keyboard

Software

KDE Plasma

Start the process of switching to KDE by using:

sudo qubes-dom0-update @kde-desktop-qubes

but make sure to complete the process overviewed in the installation section of the article above

Core packages

• wget
• git
• dtrx
• konsole
• konqueror
• kcalc

Oneliner (with dependencies for Bitcoin and Monero:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y konsole konqueror kcalc dtrx vlc kdenlive wget curl git build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils python3 && sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-all-dev libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libzmq3-dev libunbound-dev libsodium-dev libminiupnpc-dev libunwind8-de liblzma-dev libreadline6-dev libldns-dev libexpat1-dev libgtest-dev doxygen graphviz

Other

• libreoffice

• chrome

• firefox

• vlc

• kdenlive

• sublime-text

• keepassxc

• veracrypt

• riot-web

• torguard

• mullvad

• airvpn

Templates

• Fedora Minimal
• Debian
• Ubuntu
• Archlinux

Resources

• Qubes cheatsheet