# dom0 Dom0 environment in Qubes OS. ## Table of Contents * [Description](#description) * [Installation](#installation) * [Choose your Dom0 environment](#choose-your-dom0-environment) * [Usage](#usage) ## Description Configure Dom0 window manager, install packages, backup scripts and profile etc. ## Installation - Top: ```sh sudo qubesctl top.enable dom0 sudo qubesctl state.apply sudo qubesctl top.disable dom0 sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --templates --standalones state.apply update.qubes-vm ``` - State: ```sh sudo qubesctl state.apply dom0 sudo qubesctl --skip-dom0 --templates --standalones state.apply update.qubes-vm ``` If you need to develop in Dom0, install some goodies (bare bones): ```sh sudo qubesctl state.apply dom0.install-dev ``` To forward ports from qubes to the external world: ```sh sudo qubesctl state.apply dom0.port-forward ``` ### Choose your Dom0 environment Instead of running the state `dom0`, you can select which states to apply: - Window Manager i3: ```sh sudo qubesctl state.apply dom0.desktop-i3,dom0.desktop-i3-settings ``` - Window Manager AwesomeWM: ```sh sudo qubesctl state.apply dom0.desktop-awesome ``` Follow the same syntax for other `dom0` states you desire. ## Usage You may have noticed the desktop experience in Dom0 has enhanced. You are using KDE now. You can enforce domains to appear in certain activity with KWin rules, a tool `qubes-kde-win-rules` is provided to assist you. Qubes backup has also improved, you have a profile provided as an example on how to do backups with native Qubes OS tools. Use the tool `qvm-backup-find-last` to find the last Qubes Backup made locally to a qube or a remote system, this facilitates verifying the last backup made with `qvm-backup-restore --verify-only`. An example is provided in `/etc/qubes/backup/qusal.conf.example`.