From 74a547ae14d16bb6359a7cfd4cccf1e12c6aed1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew David Wong Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 04:06:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update "How to Use Disposables" - Restore old redirect - Add glossary links - Update terms - Fix capitalization --- user/how-to-guides/how-to-use-disposables.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/user/how-to-guides/how-to-use-disposables.md b/user/how-to-guides/how-to-use-disposables.md index 82458043..52717235 100644 --- a/user/how-to-guides/how-to-use-disposables.md +++ b/user/how-to-guides/how-to-use-disposables.md @@ -5,22 +5,22 @@ permalink: /doc/how-to-use-disposables/ redirect_from: - /doc/how-to-use-disposablevms/ - /doc/disposable/ -- /doc/dispvm/ - /doc/disposablevm/ +- /doc/dispvm/ - /en/doc/dispvm/ - /doc/DisposableVms/ -- /wiki/disposables/ +- /wiki/DisposableVMs/ ref: 203 title: How to Use Disposables --- -A **disposable** is a lightweight VM that can be created quickly and will disappear when closed. -disposables are usually created in order to host a single application, like a viewer, editor, or web browser. +A [disposable](/doc/glossary/#disposable) is a lightweight [qube](/doc/glossary/#qube) that can be created quickly and will self-destruct when closed. +Disposables are usually created in order to host a single application, like a viewer, editor, or web browser. From inside an app qube, choosing the `Open in disposable` option on a file will launch a disposable for just that file. Changes made to a file opened in a disposable are passed back to the originating VM. This means that you can safely work with untrusted files without risk of compromising your other VMs. -disposables can be launched either directly from dom0's Start Menu or terminal window, or from within app qubes. +Disposables can be launched either directly from dom0's Start Menu or terminal window, or from within app qubes. While running, disposables will appear in Qubes VM Manager with the name `disp####`. [![disposablevm-example.png](/attachment/doc/disposablevm-example.png)](/attachment/doc/disposablevm-example.png)