No worries. No such intention at this point. Just explaining Self Support First Policy for Whonix, responsibilities (due to lack of better term).
Not at time of writing.
See Based on Debian.
Figuring out how to connect Ubuntu VM directly to a wifi adapter independent of host is a good exercise indeed if you later try to solve Is it possible to configure Whonix-Gatway through USB dongle?. And even better exercise would be connect Debian VM directly to a wifi adapter independent of host.
However, this exercise can be perfectly done without involving Whonix support. Since Whonix isn’t involved for the prerequisite, exercise, Self Support First Policy for Whonix applies.
Though, I should add I suggest this as exercise:
connect Debian VM directly to a wifi adapter independent of host
- a Debian VM
- preferably using the
busterrelease since that was that Whonix version at time of writing number 15 is using - inside VM using
ifupdown(that is because Whonix-Gateway usesifupdown, not network manager or systemd-networkd at time of writing) [1] - disconnect host internet for testing purposes
Asking for Is it possible to configure Whonix-Gatway through USB dongle? getting implemented is a feature request. See Community Feedback. Making that happen requires contributions - such as solving that exercise independently.
[1] That seems simpler than trying to port Whonix-Gateway to network manager or systemd-networkd. ifupdown perhaps in combination with Debian -- Details of package wpasupplicant in buster but it’s been a while since I used that.