Qubes OS Thread

Discussion in 'privacy technology' started by driekus, Sep 18, 2015.

  1. BoerenkoolMetWorst

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    Qubes Security Bulletin #34
    https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-034-2017.txt


    Introducing the Qubes Admin API
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2017/06/27/qubes-admin-api/


    Introducing the Next Generation Qubes Core Stack
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2017/10/03/core3/
     
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    Qubes OS 4.0-rc2 has been released!
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2017/10/23/qubes-40-rc2/
    Full release notes:
    https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/releases/4.0/release-notes/

    Qubes Security Bulletin #35
    https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/QSBs/qsb-035-2017.txt
     
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    Any movement yet of them getting it to work properly with NVIDIA GPUs (mobile & desktop)?
     
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    There are plans for a later release.
     
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    It's the only reason why I haven't bothered to try it yet.

    Although, right now I have a laptop that has an Intel HD Graphics 530 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060.
     
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    Update for QSB #37: Information leaks due to processor speculative execution bugs (XSA-254, Meltdown & Spectre)
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2018/03/15/qsb-37-update/
    Spoiler:
     
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    Qubes OS 4.0 has been released!
    After nearly two years in development and countless hours of testing, we’re pleased to announce the stable release of Qubes OS 4.0!

    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2018/03/28/qubes-40/
     
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    Always look forward to posts from the Qubes Team. Even though the wait is 3 - 6 months the research, and results, are gold.
     
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    Fantastic work and great idea - this was the main attack vulnerability for U2F browser authentication (MiTB), and this partition very substantially weakens that.
     
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    Joanna Rutkowska is leaving the Qubes OS project :oops: She will become the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Security Officer for the Golem Project.

     
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    As said, not much will change for Qubes, but still sad to hear. She really is awesome. Good luck to her on her new projects, I'm sure she'll make them better.
     
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    Qubes 4.0.1 and 3.2.1 have been released:

    4.0.1
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2019/01/09/qubes-401/

    3.2.1
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2018/11/12/qubes-321/

    An up to date installation will be the same as these point releases, but new installations are much quicker because you don't have to update a lot. Also, because a newer Linux kernel is already included, it will be able to install on newer hardware where the old ISO could be unable to install without manually adding a newer kernel into the ISO.


    A Fedora 29 Template VM has also been released:
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2019/01/07/fedora-29-template-available/
     
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    Cool :thumb:

    So what's the status of that project to have various Qubes VMs running on their own hardware? Locally, or out there somewhere online. As I recall, just the core would need to run locally. And stuff could be connected using read-only linkages, for isolation.
     
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    I guess you mean this?
    https://blog.invisiblethings.org/2018/01/22/qubes-air.html
    I haven't seen any news about it, but they also say it is a long-term vision, so probably not happening soon.
     
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    Yes, that was it. Sounds cool.
     
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    Qubes OS 3.2 approaching EOL on 2019-03-28
    https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2019/02/20/qubes-3-2-approaching-eol/
     
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