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[GUI improvement] Qubes VM Manager StandaloneVM: keep the original TemplateVM OS name #2592

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Wikinaut opened this Issue Jan 19, 2017 · 2 comments

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Qubes OS version (e.g., R3.2):

3.2

When I set up a StandaloneVM, let's say based on debian-9, this information is overwritten with the string "StandaloneVM" when the SVM is created.

I want to suggest that the original TemplateVM name is kept, e.g. "Standalone VM (based on debian-9)" or so.

@Wikinaut Wikinaut changed the title from [GUI improvement] Qubes VM Manager StandaloneVM: keep the original TemplateVM name to [GUI improvement] Qubes VM Manager StandaloneVM: keep the original TemplateVM OS name Jan 19, 2017

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That's bad idea - since StandaloneVM is not really bound to its original template, it can easily desynchronize - for example when you update to the next distribution (like debian-9 StandaloneVM created of debian-8 or even older VM), or even morph it to a differend distribution (like kali).

In the future, VM description field may be used for such thing: #899

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marmarek commented Jan 19, 2017

That's bad idea - since StandaloneVM is not really bound to its original template, it can easily desynchronize - for example when you update to the next distribution (like debian-9 StandaloneVM created of debian-8 or even older VM), or even morph it to a differend distribution (like kali).

In the future, VM description field may be used for such thing: #899

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It was just and only meant as a reminder to the user what the original OS was.

It was just and only meant as a reminder to the user what the original OS was.

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