Can I combine Whonix-Gateway CLI with Whonix-Workstation XFCE? Yes!

[Patrick]

Yes!

Both Whonix CLI and Whonix XFCE exist.

Technically, both Whonix-Gateway-CLI with Whonix-Workstation-XFCE are using virtual network Whonix. That’s why these can be easily, seamlessly combined.

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Whonix headless

Whonix for Windows, macOS, Linux inside VirtualBox

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Whonix XFCE

Whonix for Windows, macOS, Linux inside VirtualBox

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User Poll - XFCE vs KDE - KDE Deprecation Considered!

Community Poll: Deprecate KDE in favor of XFCE in Non-Qubes-Whonix? The Whonix team is interested in polling the community’s preferred desktop environment. poll Why consider changing? Whonix bundled with an XFCE desktop environment is in development. This raises some questions: Do users generally prefer the KDE desktop environment over XFCE (or vice-versa)? When a Whonix XFCE variant becomes available, will users continue using KDE in Whonix or make the shift? Whonix developers are str…

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Non-Qubes-Whonix vs Qubes-Whonix

• This announcement mostly concerns Non-Qubes-Whonix.
• Qubes-Whonix is largely unaffected because Qubes’ desktop environment choice (XFCE vs KDE) relies on dom0. Qubes-Whonix default applications will most likely change from KDE to those associated with XFCE; to learn how Qubes-Whonix is affected see this mailing list thread.