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Update template switching instructions (#1297)

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@ -223,22 +223,20 @@ When you install a new template or
recommended that you switch everything that was using the old template to the
new template:
1. Make the new or upgraded template the default template. In the App Menu, go
1. **Make the new template the default template.** In the App Menu, go
to Qubes Tools, then click on Qubes Global Settings. In the Qube Defaults
section, next to Template, select the new or upgraded template from the
section, next to Template, select the new template from the
drop-down list. Press OK.
2. Base your [disposable templates](/doc/glossary/#disposable-template) on the
new template. In the App Menu, go to Qubes Tools, then click on Qube
Manager. In the Qube Manager, find your disposable templates. (By default,
they end in `-dvm`.) Right click, then click on Settings. Next to Template,
select your new or upgraded template from the drop-down list. Press OK.
2. **Base your [disposable templates](/doc/glossary/#disposable-template) on
the new template.**
- If you receive an error message because there are running
[disposables](/doc/glossary/#disposable) based on this disposable
template, and your only keyboard and mouse are *not* connected through a
[USB qube](/doc/usb-qubes/), or that USB qube is *not* a disposable, then
shut down all disposables based on the disposable template and try again.
- If your only keyboard and mouse are *not* connected through a [USB
qube](/doc/usb-qubes/), or that USB qube is *not* a disposable, then shut
down all disposables. In the App Menu, go to Qubes Tools, then click on
Qube Manager. In the Qube Manager, find your disposable template(s). (By
default, they end in `-dvm`.) Right click, hover over Template, then click
on the new template. Repeat for each disposable template.
- If your only keyboard or mouse *are* connected through a USB qube, and
that USB qube *is* a disposable, then you will have to enter a special
@ -251,9 +249,9 @@ new template:
In the App Menu, click on Terminal Emulator. Type the command below,
substituting `<SYS_USB_DISPOSABLE_TEMPLATE>` with the name of the
disposable template on which `sys-usb` is based, `<NEW_TEMPLATE>` with the
name of the new or upgraded template, and `<USB_QUBE>` with the name of
your USB qube. Other than these substitutions, make sure to enter the
command exactly as written.
name of the new template, and `<USB_QUBE>` with the name of your USB qube.
Other than these substitutions, make sure to enter the command exactly as
written.
```
qvm-shutdown --wait --all; qvm-prefs <SYS_USB_DISPOSABLE_TEMPLATE> template <NEW_TEMPLATE>; qvm-start <USB_QUBE>
@ -266,10 +264,11 @@ new template:
qvm-shutdown --wait --all; qvm-prefs fedora-01-dvm template fedora-02; qvm-start sys-usb
```
3. Base your app qubes on the new template. In the App Menu, go to Qubes Tools,
then click on Qubes Template Manager. Select all the templates based on the
old template (shown in the Current column). Next to "Change all selected
to," select the new or upgraded template from the drop-down list. Press OK.
3. **Base your app qubes on the new template.** In the Qube Manager, click on
the Template heading to sort by template. Select all the qubes based on the
old template by clicking on the first one, holding shift, then clicking on
the last one. With multiple qubes selected, right-click on any of them,
hover your cursor over Template, then click on the new template.
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