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| 2012-12-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Qubes OS 2 Beta 1 |
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Joanna Rutkowska has announced the availability of the first beta build of Qubes OS version 2, a Fedora-based desktop Linux distribution whose main concept is "security by isolation" by using domains implemented as lightweight Xen virtual machines: "It's my pleasure to announce that the first beta for Qubes Release 2 is now available for download. This release introduces generic support for fully virtualized AppVMs (called HVMs in Xen parlance), and specifically initial support for Windows-based AppVMs integration. Generic support for HVMs means you can now install many different OSes as Qubes VMs, such as various Linux distros, BSD systems, and, of course, Windows. Essentially all you need is an installation ISO and the whole process is similar to creating a VM in a program like Virtual Box or VMware Workstation (although we believe the underlying architecture for this is more secure in Qubes)." Read the rest of the release announcement for further information. Download: Qubes-R2-Beta1-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,694MB). |
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| About Qubes
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| Qubes OS is a security-oriented, Fedora-based desktop Linux distribution whose main concept is "security by isolation" by using domains implemented as lightweight Xen virtual machines. It attempts to combine two contradictory goals: how to make the isolation between domains as strong as possible, mainly due to clever architecture that minimises the amount of trusted code, and how to make this isolation as seamless and easy as possible.
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| 2013-02-28 |
Development Release: Qubes OS 2 Beta 2 |
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Joanna Rutkowska has announced the availability of the second beta release of Qubes OS 2, a Fedora-based desktop Linux distribution whose main concept is "security by isolation" by using domains implemented as lightweight Xen virtual machines: "Qubes 2 beta 2 has been released. We're progressing fast and today I would like to announce the release of Qubes R2 beta 2. The major changes in this beta release include: upgraded Dom0 distribution to the latest Fedora 18 (all previous releases used Fedora 13 for Dom0); upgraded default VM template also to Fedora 18; upgraded Dom0 kernel to 3.7.6; upgraded KDE environment in Dom0 (KDE 4.9); introduced Xfce 4.10 environment for Dom0 as an alternative to KDE; a few other fixes and improvements, including the recently discussed disposable VM-based PDF converter. The upgrade of the Dom0 distribution and kernel should significantly improve hardware compatibility." See the release announcement for more information and a screenshot. Download: Qubes-R2-Beta2-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,139MB). |
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| 2012-09-04 |
Distribution Release: Qubes OS 1.0 |
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Joanna Rutkowska has announced the release of Qubes OS 1.0, a Fedora-based security distribution for the desktop with a number of isolated domains implemented as lightweight virtual machines running under Xen: "After nearly three years of work, I have a pleasure to announce that Qubes OS 1.0 has finally been released. Qubes OS is an advanced tool for implementing security by isolation on your desktop, using domains implemented as lightweight Xen virtual machines. It tries to marry two contradictory goals: how to make the isolation between domains as strong as possible, mainly due to clever architecture that minimizes the amount of trusted code, and how to make this isolation as seamless and easy as possible. Again, how the user is going to take advantage of this isolation is totally left up to the user." Read the release announcement and visit the project's security goals page to learn more. Download: Qubes-R1-x86_64-DVD.iso (1,668MB, torrent).
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