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System Documentation for Developers
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Fundamentals
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* [Qubes OS Architecture Overview ](/doc/QubesArchitecture/ )
* [Qubes OS Architecture Spec v0.3 [PDF]](http://files.qubes-os.org/files/doc/arch-spec-0.3.pdf) (The original 2009 document that started this all...)
* [Security-critical elements of Qubes OS ](/doc/SecurityCriticalCode/ )
* Qubes RPC: [`qrexec` v2 ](/doc/Qrexec/ ) ([R2 implementation](/doc/Qrexec2Implementation/))
* Qubes RPC: [`qrexec` v3 ](/doc/Qrexec3/ ) ([R3 implementation](/doc/Qrexec3Implementation/)) (Odyssey)
* [Example for writing a `qrexec` service in Qubes OS (blog post) ](http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2013/02/converting-untrusted-pdfs-into-trusted.html )
* [Qubes GUI virtualization protocol ](/doc/GUIdocs/ )
* [Networking in Qubes ](/doc/QubesNet/ )
* [Implementation of template sharing and updating ](/doc/TemplateImplementation/ )
Services
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* [Inter-domain file copying ](/doc/Qfilecopy/ ) (deprecates [`qfileexchgd` ](/doc/Qfileexchgd/ ))
* [Dynamic memory management in Qubes ](/doc/Qmemman/ )
* [Implementation of DisposableVMs ](/doc/DVMimpl/ )
* [Article about disposable VMs ](http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2010/06/disposable-vms.html )
* [Dom0 secure update mechanism ](/doc/Dom0SecureUpdates/ )
* VM secure update mechanism (forthcoming)
Debugging
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* [Profiling python code ](/doc/Profiling/ )
* [Test environment in separate machine for automatic tests ](/doc/TestBench/ )
* [Automated tests ](/doc/AutomatedTests/ )
* [VM-dom0 internal configuration interface ](/doc/VMInterface/ )
* [Debugging Windows VMs ](/doc/WindowsDebugging/ )
Building
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* [Building Qubes ](/doc/QubesBuilder/ ) (["API" Details](/doc/QubesBuilderDetails/))
* [Development Workflow ](/doc/DevelopmentWorkflow/ )
* [KDE Dom0 packages for Qubes ](/doc/KdeDom0/ )
* [How to build Qubes installation ISO ](/doc/InstallationIsoBuilding/ )
* [Building Qubes OS 3.0 ISO ](/doc/QubesR3Building/ )
* [Building USB passthrough support (experimental) ](/doc/USBVM/ )
* [Building a TemplateVM based on a new OS (ArchLinux example) ](/doc/BuildingNonFedoraTemplate/ )
* [Building the Archlinux Template ](/doc/BuildingArchlinuxTemplate/ )
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