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Document `qubes-fwupdmgr`

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[How to file a helpful issue](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/issue-tracking/) ### The problem you're addressing (if any) There exists something called `qubes-fwupdmgr`, but there doesn't appear to be any documentation for it. I'm betting...

Update and improve Emergency backup restore v4 page

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Summary of changes: - Update formatting and style to be consistent with the rest of the docs - Improve language - Clarify instructions - Improve organization One significant change is...

Visually indicate unsupported StandaloneVMs (incl. TemplateVMs) in Qubes Manager

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@adrelanos [wrote](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/66eea35b-20f1-e417-939f-77561ca9d807%40whonix.org): > Perhaps QVMM could show and visually(!) mark template packages as > obsolete? This visual mark should be removable after the user upgraded. > Perhaps a dom0 one...

[**_Reported by user sn3dweog on qubes-users._**](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/1489cff130e7b96a9efa8240c787dfa5.squirrel%40_) ### Qubes OS release R4.2.1 ### Brief summary The qvm.prefs Salt module makes changes while in test mode. ### Steps to reproduce ``` qvm-create...

[Contribution] qubes-updates-cache

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**Community Dev:** @rustybird **PoC:** https://github.com/rustybird/qubes-updates-cache ----- It's common for users to have multiple TemplateVMs that download many of the same packages when being individually updated. Caching these packages (e.g., in...

**Community devs:** @maiska, @tokideveloper ### Checklist: - [ ] Complete conversion to Sphinx / RST (https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-doc/pull/1367) - [ ] Freeze docs - [ ] Make testing announcement - [ ]...

Depends on https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-doc/pull/1408. References https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7443. CC: @piotrbartman, @marmarek

VM "last started" date

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Similar to the "last backup" column in Qubes Manager, allow the user to see when a VM was last started (if ever). This would be especially useful when trying to...

[How to file a helpful issue](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/issue-tracking/) ### Qubes OS release 4.2 ### Brief summary In the installer, there's an option to "Enable system and template updates over the Tor anonymity...

Installer: Set realistic performance expectations about updating over Tor (slowness, failed updates that need to be retried)

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[How to file a helpful issue](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/issue-tracking/) ### The problem you're addressing (if any) Updating over Tor (`sys-whonix`) is slower and more failure-prone than updating over clearnet (or a VPN), but...