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 - [setup mirage firewall](customization/mirage-firewall.md)
 - [windows 7 gaming HVM with GPU passthrough](customization/windows-gaming-hvm.md)
 - [SecBrowser "security-enhanced" browser](customization/secbrowser.md)  
+- [Choose deafult terminal settings for a TemplateVM](customization/terminal-defaults.md)  
 
 `hardware`
 - [tips on choosing the right hardware](hardware/hardware-selection.md)
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+# Setting default terminal settings for a TemplateVM
+
+When you create a VM based on a TemplateVM, the `gnome-terminal` settings (font, color) are not inherited by default. This document describes how to set terminal defaults for all VMs *subsequently* created off a TemplateVM.
+
+(Previously-created VMs are unaffected.)
+
+This document only applies to `gnome-terminal` (the standard terminal)
+and not XTerm, etc.
+
+Thanks to `unman` on qubes-users for explaining how to do this.
+
+## Define your defaults
+
+In dom0:
+`qvm-run MYTEMPLATE gnome-terminal`
+
+In the terminal that pops up, adjust settings to your liking.
+
+## Save settings template-wide
+
+In the templateVM's terminal:
+```
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/skel/.config/dconf
+sudo cp ~/.config/dconf/user /etc/skel/.config/dconf/
+sudo reboot
+```
+
+Subsequently-created VMs should now use the chosen settings by default.
+