Today I learned how to enable the full screen mode for VMs in #QubesOS. It is surprisingly easy.
Especially since i thought it was impossible. Well, now I can watch stuff in full screen on my Laptop again, I guess that is a win.
You just have to open a Terminal in Dom0, and enter:
sudo nano /etc/qubes/guid.conf
That will open the nano text editor. There you will have to scroll down to:
# most of setting can be set per-VM basis
VM {
};
Now you add the following lines after "VM{" :
Your_VM_Name: {
allow_fullscreen = true;
};
Than you restart the VM and watch your movies in full Screen.
Just make sure you have really left the full screen mode before you enter any sensitive information afterwards.
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