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System Documentation for Developers
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The System Architecture Specification
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-   Qubes OS Architecture v0.3 [​(pdf)](http://www.qubes-os.org/files/doc/arch-spec-0.3.pdf) [​(sig)](http://www.qubes-os.org/files/doc/arch-spec-0.3.pdf.sig)

-   [​Disposable VMs](http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2010/06/disposable-vms.html)

Building Qubes Packages from Sources
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-   Building Qubes core and gui packages: see this [​message](https://groups.google.com/group/qubes-devel/browse_thread/thread/710f725713cc7e8a#)

-   [KDE Dom0 packages for Qubes](/wiki/KdeDom0)

Selected Subsystems Documentation
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-   [File exchange daemon (used by DisposableVMs)](/wiki/Qfileexchgd)

-   [VM Memory management daemon](/wiki/Qmemman)