qubes-doc/SystemDoc.md

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System Documentation for Developers
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-   Qubes OS Architecture v0.3 [(pdf)](http://www.qubes-os.org/files/doc/arch-spec-0.3.pdf) (A bit outdated, but it was the original document that started this all...)

-   [Security-critical elements of Qubes OS](/wiki/SecurityCriticalCode)

-   [Qubes GUI virtualization protocol](/wiki/GUIdocs)

-   [Networking in Qubes](/wiki/QubesNet)

-   [Inter-domain file coping](/wiki/Qfilecopy)

-   [Command execution in VM (and Qubes RPC)](/wiki/Qrexec)

-   [Dynamic memory management in Qubes](/wiki/Qmemman)

-   [Implementation of DisposableVMs](/wiki/DVMimpl)

-   [Article about disposable VMs](http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2010/06/disposable-vms.html)

-   [Implementation of template sharing and updating](/wiki/TemplateImplementation)

-   [Dom0 secure update mechanism](/wiki/Dom0SecureUpdates)

-   [VM secure update mechanism?](/wiki/VMSecureUpdates)

Build instructions:

-   [Building Qubes](/wiki/QubesBuilder)

-   [Development Workflow](/wiki/DevelopmentWorkflow)

-   [KDE Dom0 packages for Qubes](/wiki/KdeDom0)

-   [How to build Qubes installation ISO](/wiki/InstallationIsoBuilding)

-   [Building USB passthrough support (experimental)](/wiki/USBVM)
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 								System Documentation for Developers
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Added note about the original arch spec being a bit outdated

											
										
										
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+								-   Qubes OS Architecture v0.3 [(pdf)](http://www.qubes-os.org/files/doc/arch-spec-0.3.pdf) (A bit outdated, but it was the original document that started this all...)
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Updates link to SecurityCriticalCode

											
										
										
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+								-   [Security-critical elements of Qubes OS](/wiki/SecurityCriticalCode)
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+								-   [Qubes GUI virtualization protocol](/wiki/GUIdocs)
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Reorganized list of topics

											
										
										
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+								-   [Networking in Qubes](/wiki/QubesNet)
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Updated with a link to article on Disposable VMs

											
										
										
											2010-06-02 07:24:43 -04:00
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Reorganized list of topics

											
										
										
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+								-   [Inter-domain file coping](/wiki/Qfilecopy)
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Added section on building Qubes packages

											
										
										
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+								-   [Command execution in VM (and Qubes RPC)](/wiki/Qrexec)
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Reorganized list of topics

											
										
										
											2011-04-11 15:08:07 -04:00
+								-   [Dynamic memory management in Qubes](/wiki/Qmemman)
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+								-   [Implementation of DisposableVMs](/wiki/DVMimpl)
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Reorganized list of topics

											
										
										
											2011-04-11 15:08:07 -04:00
+								-   [Article about disposable VMs](http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2010/06/disposable-vms.html)
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+								-   [Implementation of template sharing and updating](/wiki/TemplateImplementation)
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Fixed link name for Dom0SecureUpdates

											
										
										
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+								-   [Dom0 secure update mechanism](/wiki/Dom0SecureUpdates)
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Added link for Dom0 secure update procedure

											
										
										
											2011-09-13 12:58:29 -04:00
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Added link to VM Update Mechanism page -- to be filled

											
										
										
											2012-05-16 09:47:37 -04:00
+								-   [VM secure update mechanism?](/wiki/VMSecureUpdates)
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Reorganized list of topics

											
										
										
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+								-   [Building Qubes](/wiki/QubesBuilder)
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											2010-09-23 09:59:56 -04:00
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fix link

											
										
										
											2012-10-19 18:21:17 -04:00
+								-   [Development Workflow](/wiki/DevelopmentWorkflow)
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add link to new workflow page

											
										
										
											2012-10-19 17:51:18 -04:00
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Reorganized list of topics

											
										
										
											2011-04-11 15:08:07 -04:00
+								-   [KDE Dom0 packages for Qubes](/wiki/KdeDom0)
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Reorganized list of topics

											
										
										
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+								-   [How to build Qubes installation ISO](/wiki/InstallationIsoBuilding)
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add link to usbvm page

											
										
										
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+								-   [Building USB passthrough support (experimental)](/wiki/USBVM)