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Add "TemplateVM" notes; update "DVM Template" for 4.0

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@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ Any [VM](#vm) that supplies its root filesystem to another VM.
TemplateVMs are intended for installing and updating software applications, but not for running them.
* Colloquially, TemplateVMs are often referred to as "templates."
* Since every TemplateVM supplies its *own* root filesystem to at least one other VM, no TemplateVM can be based on another TemplateVM.
In other words, no TemplateVM is a [TemplateBasedVM](#templatebasedvm).
* Since every TemplateVM supplies its *root* filesystem to at least one other VM, no [DVM Template](#dvm-template) is a TemplateVM.
TemplateBasedVM
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@ -118,12 +121,18 @@ An abbreviation of [DispVM](#dispvm), typically used to refer to [DVM Templates]
DVM Template
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TemplateBasedVMs on which [DispVMs](#dispvm) are based.
A type of [TemplateBasedVM](#templatebasedvm) on which [DispVMs](#dispvm) are based.
By default, a DVM Template named `fedora-XX-dvm` is created on most Qubes installations (where `XX` is the Fedora version of the default TemplateVM).
DVM Templates are neither [TemplateVMs](#templatevm) nor [AppVMs](#appvm).
They are intended neither for installing nor running software.
Rather, they are intended for *customizing* or *configuring* software that has already been installed on the TemplateVM on which the DVM Template is based (see [DispVM Customization]).
This software is then intended to be run (in its customized state) in DispVMs that are based on the DVM Template.
DVM Templates are not [TemplateVMs](#templatevm), since (being TemplateBasedVMs) they do not have root filesystems of their own to provide to other VMs.
Rather, DVM Templates are complementary to TemplateVMs insofar as DVM Templates provide their own user filesystems to the DispVMs based on them.
There are two main kinds of DVM Templates:
* **Dedicated** DVM Templates are intended neither for installing nor running software.
Rather, they are intended for *customizing* or *configuring* software that has already been installed on the TemplateVM on which the DVM Template is based (see [DispVM Customization]).
This software is then intended to be run (in its customized state) in DispVMs that are based on the DVM Template.
* **Non-dedicated** DVM Templates are typically [AppVMs](#appvm) on which DispVMs are based.
For example, an AppVM could be used to generate and store trusted data.
Then, a DispVM could be created based on the AppVM (thereby making the AppVM a DVM Template) so that the data can be analyzed by an untrusted program without jeopardizing the integrity of the original data.
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