Windows and Guix TemplateVMs disk usage
Just installed Windows 111 in
my QubesOS to be a TemplateVM. qubes-windows-tools did all the magic to
seamlessly integrate with the system (persisting only user dir for AppVMs, RPC
tools as qvm-copy, etc).
The .iso had 3.4GB, the TemplateVM qube became 10GB, got some prior failures
due lack of free disk as it got larger than I expected, but everything gone
smooth, easy installation. And that it runs well with only 4GB of RAM.
The window is still Windows desktop, not the opened application, but resizing it works.
For comparison, my main TemplateVM with the all the packages I use, managed with Guix:
| Disk usage | |
|---|---|
| Windows 11 | 10GB |
| Guix Foreign | 39.8GB |
Footnotes:
1
A modified version with removed MS features