qubes-doc/privacy/whonix.md

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Whonix for Privacy & Anonymity
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To improve your privacy & anonymity on the internet, you can install the [Whonix Template](/doc/templates/whonix/) on your Qubes machine.

[Whonix](https://www.whonix.org) is based on [Debian](https://www.debian.org) and [Tor](https://www.torproject.org) and utilizes two VMs, a **"gateway"** and a **"workstation"**. Qubes security architecture makes use of Whonix's isolation by using the gateway as a ProxyVM to route all network traffic through Tor, while the workstation is used for making AppVMs.

### Getting Started with Whonix

To install Whonix, you must have a working Qubes machine already.

*  [Install Whonix in Qubes](/doc/whonix/install/)
*  [Updating Whonix in Qubes](/doc/whonix/update/)

### Customizing & Uninstalling Whonix

*  [Customizing Whonix](/doc/whonix/customize/)
*  [Uninstall Whonix from Qubes](/doc/whonix/uninstall/)

*The following links are on Whonix's website and are technical.*

*  [Security Advice for after installing Whonix on Qubes](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Post_Install_Advice)
*  [How to set up Tor Bridges in Whonix on Qubes](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Bridges#How_to_use_bridges_in_Whonix)
*  [Using Multiple Whonix-Workstations with Whonix on Qubes](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Multiple_Whonix-Workstations#Qubes-Whonix)

### Support for Whonix

*The following links are on Whonix's site.*

*  [Whonix Support](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Support) - General Whonix, Debian, Tor, etc... related issues
*  [Whonix Qubes Forum](https://forums.whonix.org/c/qubes) - Whonix specific issues

You can also use [Qubes support](/help/), but not all Qubes users run Whonix.
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			`Whonix for Privacy & Anonymity`
			`==============================`

fixed broken /en/ links https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1460#issuecomment-163016388 2015-12-09 11:29:45 -05:00			`To improve your privacy & anonymity on the internet, you can install the [Whonix Template](/doc/templates/whonix/) on your Qubes machine.`
started porting over Whonix documentation QubesOS/qubes-issues#1201 QubesOS/qubes-issues#1202 2015-12-02 12:56:13 -05:00
			`[Whonix](https://www.whonix.org) is based on [Debian](https://www.debian.org) and [Tor](https://www.torproject.org) and utilizes two VMs, a "gateway" and a "workstation". Qubes security architecture makes use of Whonix's isolation by using the gateway as a ProxyVM to route all network traffic through Tor, while the workstation is used for making AppVMs.`

			`### Getting Started with Whonix`

			`To install Whonix, you must have a working Qubes machine already.`

Clean up and organize privacy pages * Logically organize the Whonix-related pages * Move the VPN page to /configuration/ * VPNs are used for more than just privacy, and many VPN setups and services either can't or don't claim to provide privacy. * Remove `/privacy/` from URLs * These directory names are just for organizing the source pages, unless an actual page resides there. Since there is no /doc/privacy/ page, it's unnecessary and misleading to have this in the URLs. It also breaks uniformity, since none of the other pages have their informal group name in their URL (again, unless there's a page with that name). 2016-02-20 16:15:30 -05:00			`* [Install Whonix in Qubes](/doc/whonix/install/)`
			`* [Updating Whonix in Qubes](/doc/whonix/update/)`
started porting over Whonix documentation QubesOS/qubes-issues#1201 QubesOS/qubes-issues#1202 2015-12-02 12:56:13 -05:00
			`### Customizing & Uninstalling Whonix`

Clean up and organize privacy pages * Logically organize the Whonix-related pages * Move the VPN page to /configuration/ * VPNs are used for more than just privacy, and many VPN setups and services either can't or don't claim to provide privacy. * Remove `/privacy/` from URLs * These directory names are just for organizing the source pages, unless an actual page resides there. Since there is no /doc/privacy/ page, it's unnecessary and misleading to have this in the URLs. It also breaks uniformity, since none of the other pages have their informal group name in their URL (again, unless there's a page with that name). 2016-02-20 16:15:30 -05:00			`* [Customizing Whonix](/doc/whonix/customize/)`
			`* [Uninstall Whonix from Qubes](/doc/whonix/uninstall/)`
started porting over Whonix documentation QubesOS/qubes-issues#1201 QubesOS/qubes-issues#1202 2015-12-02 12:56:13 -05:00
			`The following links are on Whonix's website and are technical.`

			`* [Security Advice for after installing Whonix on Qubes](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Post_Install_Advice)`
			`* [How to set up Tor Bridges in Whonix on Qubes](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Bridges#How_to_use_bridges_in_Whonix)`
			`* [Using Multiple Whonix-Workstations with Whonix on Qubes](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Multiple_Whonix-Workstations#Qubes-Whonix)`

			`### Support for Whonix`

			`The following links are on Whonix's site.`

			`* [Whonix Support](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Support) - General Whonix, Debian, Tor, etc... related issues`
Update whonix.md 2015-12-09 15:01:18 -05:00			`* [Whonix Qubes Forum](https://forums.whonix.org/c/qubes) - Whonix specific issues`
started porting over Whonix documentation QubesOS/qubes-issues#1201 QubesOS/qubes-issues#1202 2015-12-02 12:56:13 -05:00
fixed broken /en/ links https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1460#issuecomment-163016388 2015-12-09 11:29:45 -05:00			`You can also use [Qubes support](/help/), but not all Qubes users run Whonix.`