Qubes-Whonix Default Start Menu Entries

Qubes-Whonix
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Now would be a good time to discuss Qubes-Whonix Default Start Menu Entries for upcoming Qubes-Whonix 12.

- appmenus/netvm-whitelisted-appmenus.list - default application list for a NetVM based on this template - appmenus/vm-whitelisted-appmenus.list - default application list for an AppVM - appmenus/whitelisted-appmenus.list - default application list for the template itself Above files can be dynamically
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I am OK with continuing the defaults from prior version of Whonix.

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adding whonixcheck to the default menu for both gateway and workstation would be nice

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another would be to add whonix updates to both whonix workstation and gateway . . . package updater does not seem to work,

whereas from terminal:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
does

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Related, just now posted the following Qubes upstream bug report…
remove broken Debian [and Whonix] TemplateVM default Qubes start menu entries

Yes.

The output of…

whonixcheck --function check_operating_system

Could be added. (It will contain step by step instructions on how - if necessary [i.e. if not a StandaloneVM] - to update the TempalteVM and reboot etc. in Whonix 12. [Preview available in the Whonix testers repository.]

Is that what you mean? What do you think?

The question what to do with it has now also been raised in:

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[quote=“Patrick, post:5, topic:1393”]The output of…

Could be added. (It will contain step by step instructions on how - if necessary [i.e. if not a StandaloneVM] - to update the TempalteVM and reboot etc. in Whonix 12. [Preview available in the Whonix testers repository.]

Is that what you mean? What do you think?[/quote]

For end-user ease / newbies, I guess I was thinking more of a shortcut / link to simply run the update command in a small terminal window and then have some sort of statement at the end . . . something like, “Please reboot Whonix to complete the update” . . . Essentially a shell script . . . To further explain, in days of old with Microsoft, I would have referred to this as something like a batch/.bat file, with print screen/echo of “Please reboot . . .” after the update was complete. IMO this would make things super easy for the end user and very easy for Whonix to implement.

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[quote=“privacyguy, post:6, topic:1393”][quote author=Patrick link=topic=1670.msg10162#msg10162 date=1442085656]

The output of…

whonixcheck --function check_operating_system

Could be added. (It will contain step by step instructions on how - if necessary [i.e. if not a StandaloneVM] - to update the TempalteVM and reboot etc. in Whonix 12. [Preview available in the Whonix testers repository.]

Is that what you mean? What do you think?

[/quote]

For end-user ease / newbies, I guess I was thinking more of a shortcut / link to simply run the update command in a small terminal window and then have some sort of statement at the end . . . something like, “Please reboot Whonix to complete the update” . . . Essentially a shell script . . . To further explain, in days of old with Microsoft, I would have referred to this as something like a batch/.bat file, with print screen/echo of “Please reboot . . .” after the update was complete. IMO this would make things super easy for the end user and very easy for Whonix to implement.[/quote]
Can’t do. Patches required. (Frequently Asked Questions - Whonix ™ FAQ)
Because this is a very difficult problem. Technical reasoning:
Dev/Automatic Updates - Kicksecure