[Help Welcome] KVM Development - staying the course

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15.0.1.9.3, I hereby bless thee stable

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Lots of users currently failing to install Whonix KVM. Perahps due to changed file names? (Multiple Architecture Documentation (multiarch))

  • What is the default download folder for Firefox, Chromium, Tor Browser nowadays?
  • There needs to be some guidance where downloaded KVM images should be stored. If files are stored in the ~/Download folder, then the extract and move command will fail from the home folder. One would need to cd to the download folder beforehand.

Storing KVM images in the home folder would be easy but itā€™s

  • messy
  • conflicts with AppArmor

Added complexity is a re-download of a newer KVM version. In that case it would be better to move the existing ~/Download folder out of the way to prevent copying old release files.

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They use wildcards and so are unaffected by our naming scheme. Iā€™ve already applied them and they work, so the reason must be something else

For firefox it is home/user/Downloads, probably same for Chromium. The instructions assume they lie in the home folder.

Easier to just tell them to download at /home/user IMO.

It would help if they can be more specific about what step fails and with what message.

EDIT:
Added the above point about the home folder on the wiki

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The instructions assume thereā€™s no old tarballs and that the older version was deleted from virt-machine manager. In the latter situation, moving the new files and importing the XML would overwrite the current install anyhow.

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Official KVM logo, I think.

Original KVM logo looked non-ideal imo. Too similar to Linux tux. Therefore a new version which is now used in Whonix wiki and on Whonix homepage has been made available. Hope thatā€™s OK.

https://www.whonix.org/wiki/File:Kvm-new-logo.png

Iā€™ll soon get the SVG version. Then, if you like, you could donate it on the KVM mailing list. The copyright can be assigned to KVM developers or public domain, whichever they choose. If theyā€™re interested, they could use it as their new project logo. Unconditional donation with no strings attached of course.

However, of course others such as Whonix wiki would appropriate if use under fair use would continue to be permitted to talk about KVM in ways itā€™s reasonable impossible to confuse it with the original project such as showing ā€œthis Whonix download link is for Whonix KVM versionā€. That however is not a condition.

Heā€™s how the preview image will look like in this forums:

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Looks good. I like how compact it is. The identity of KVM is tied to the kernel so much that itā€™s indistinguishable - maybe thatā€™s why they designed the way they did.

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https://www.whonix.org/wiki/File:Kvm-new-logo.png is now 500px.

|description=Using {{project_name_long}} with KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine)

Would be better mentioning Linux too?

|description=Using {{project_name_long}} on Linux using KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine)

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No this is implied by Tux and not included in the original.

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A post was merged into an existing topic: kicksecure on host

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Link Kicksecure ā„¢ for KVM with Xfce is deprecated. That would be Kicksecure ā„¢ for KVM with Xfce now, waiting to be populated.

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https://www.whonix.org/wiki/KVM#3D_Graphics_Acceleration any update?

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KVM: Difference between revisions - Whonix

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Done. Thanks to @GavinPacini who I assume is behind these changes.

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Hopefully Iā€™ll get to it soon. Any idea what a common graphics intensive program I can use to benchmark?

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Not sure what exactly you are referring to but I do see my name in the diff. I donā€™t remember making those changes however. :confused:

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Careful with these changes. Could be malicious Specifically if by anonymous.

= First-time User? = Name

  • {{P@ssword-01}}

Nonsense edit.

Youā€™ll need to log into your Whonix-Gateway once and run

Really required? That would be a bug.

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Hm so someone impersonated you? Do you have a wiki account registered?

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Yes, I do: Login required - Whonix

I think someone just wrote my first name, but actually, if I am reading the diff correctly, that edit comes from an unregistered user.

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