qubes-doc/UserDoc.md

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Qubes User Documentation
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1.  **Basic Reading**
    1.  [Getting Started](/wiki/GettingStarted)
    2.  [Security Guidelines](/wiki/SecurityGuidelines)
    3.  [Backup, Restoration, and Migration](/wiki/BackupRestore)

2.  **Domain Zero (dom0)**
    1.  [Dom0 Command-Line Tools](/wiki/DomZeroTools)
    2.  [Updating Software in dom0](/wiki/SoftwareUpdateDom0)
    3.  [Copying Files to and from dom0](/wiki/CopyToDomZero)
    4.  Advanced Topics
        1.  [Installing Anti Evil Maid](/wiki/AntiEvilMaid)
        2.  [XFCE Installation in dom0](/wiki/UserDoc/XFCE)
        3.  [Installing ZFS in Qubes](/wiki/ZFS)

3.  **Unprivileged Domains (domUs)**
    1.  [DomU Command-Line Tools](/wiki/VmTools)
    2.  **Intra-VM Actions**
        1.  [Enabling Fullscreen Mode](/wiki/FullScreenMode)
        2.  [Managing Application Shortcuts](/wiki/ManagingAppVmShortcuts)

    3.  **Inter-VM Actions**
        1.  [Copying and Pasting Text Between Domains](/wiki/CopyPaste)
        2.  [Copying and Moving Files Between Domains](/wiki/CopyingFiles)
        3.  [Using GPG more securely in Qubes: Split GPG tutorial](/wiki/UserDoc/SplitGpg)

    4.  **NetworkVMs and ProxyVMs (NetVMs and ProxyVMs)**
        1.  [Understanding Qubes Firewall](/wiki/QubesFirewall)
        2.  [Understanding and Preventing Data Leaks](/wiki/DataLeaks)
        3.  [How to Install a Transparent Tor ProxyVM (TorVM)](/wiki/UserDoc/TorVM)
        4.  [How to set up a ProxyVM as a VPN Gateway](/wiki/VPN)
        5.  [Adding Bridge Support to the NetVM (EXPERIMENTAL)](/wiki/NetworkBridgeSupport)
        6.  External Links
            1.  [​Creating Custom NetVMs and ProxyVMs](http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/09/playing-with-qubes-networking-for-fun.html)
            2.  [​How to run TorBrowser using external tor proxy (from TorVM)](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/msg/34f67194d3422bfa)
            3.  [​How to make proxy for individual tcp connection from networkless VM](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/msg/4ca950ab6d7cd11a)
            4.  [​HTTP filtering proxy in Qubes firewall VM](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/browse_thread/thread/5252bc3f6ed4b43e/d881deb5afaa2a6c#39c95d63fccca12b)

    5.  **TemplateVMs**
        1.  [Updating and Installing Software in VMs](/wiki/SoftwareUpdateVM)
        2.  [Templates: Fedora - minimal](/wiki/Templates/FedoraMinimal)
        3.  [Templates: Debian](/wiki/Templates/Debian)
        4.  External Links
            1.  [​Extending \`root.img\` Size](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/msg/9d1ac581236ca9b4)

    6.  **DisposableVMs (DispVMs)**
        1.  [Disposable VMs](/wiki/DisposableVms)
        2.  [DispVM Customization](/wiki/UserDoc/DispVMCustomization)

    7.  **HardwareVMs (HVMs)**
        1.  [Resizing AppVM and HVM Disk Images](/wiki/ResizeDiskImage)
        2.  [Tips for Using Linux in an HVM](/wiki/LinuxHVMTips)
        3.  [Creating and Using HVM and Windows Domains (Qubes R2 Only)](/wiki/HvmCreate)
        4.  External Links
            1.  [​Creating NetBSD VM](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/msg/4015c8900a813985)

    8.  **Windows VMs**
        1.  [Installing and Using Windows-based AppVMs (Qubes R2 Beta 3 and Later)](/wiki/WindowsAppVms)

    9.  Advanced Topics
        1.  [Configuration files](/wiki/UserDoc/ConfigFiles)
        2.  [Qubes service framework](/wiki/QubesService)

4.  **Hardware**
    1.  [How to Mount USB Sticks to AppVMs](/wiki/StickMounting)
    2.  [Where are my external storage devices mounted?](/wiki/ExternalDeviceMountPoint)
    3.  [Assigning PCI Devices to AppVMs](/wiki/AssigningDevices)
    4.  [Enabling TRIM for SSD disks](/wiki/DiskTRIM)
    5.  [Configuring a Network Printer](/wiki/NetworkPrinter)
    6.  Vendor-specific
        1.  [How to install an Nvidia driver in dom0](/wiki/InstallNvidiaDriver)
        2.  [Getting Sony Vaio Z laptop to work with Qubes](/wiki/SonyVaioTinkering)

    7.  External Links
        1.  [​Installing on system with new AMD GPU (missing firmware problem)](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/browse_thread/thread/e27a57b0eda62f76)
        2.  [​Solving problems with Macbook Air 2012](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/browse_thread/thread/b8b0d819d2a4fc39/d50a72449107ab21#8a9268c09d105e69)
        3.  [​Booting with GRUB2 and GPT](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/browse_thread/thread/e4ac093cabd37d2b/d5090c20d92c4128#d5090c20d92c4128)