Qubes News: Qubes 3.0-rc1 ISO and roadmap for 2015
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Joanna (Qubes founder) has posted a new announcement of the new Qubes 3.0-rc1 and additional items.
Link to the announcement is here:
http://blog.invisiblethings.org/2015/04/23/qubes-30rc1-and-roadmap.html
Whonix Notice: Our Whonix templates are currently not in the Qubes 3.0 binary repository, so you will not yet be able to use our Binary Install Guide in Qubes 3.0-rc1. This should be updated soon in the near-term future and then you will be able to easily install Whonix in Qubes 3.0.
Summary
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Qubes 3.0-rc1 is now released --> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/QubesDownloads
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New hypervisor abstraction layer (HAL) architecture --> http://blog.invisiblethings.org/2013/03/21/introducing-qubes-odyssey-framework.html
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Upgraded hypervisor to Xen 4.4 from 4.1
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Upgraded main VM template to Fedora 21 from 20
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Official ITL supported Debian 8 Jessie and Debian 7 Wheezy binary VM templates --> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/Templates/Debian
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Even more VM templates available via QubesBuilder --> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/QubesBuilder
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New qrexec2 framework --> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/Qrexec3Implementation
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Progress on defensive development to guard from development-related exploits
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Hat tip to our own Patrick Schleizer’s implementation of verifiable builds
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Qubes devs are looking for Tor-based QubesBuilder code contribution
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Plans for 2015, including Qubes 3.X and Qubes 4.X
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New Qubes roadmap diagram --> https://www.whonix.org/forum/index.php/topic,1153.0.html
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Newly designed and decentralized Git-backed Qubes website --> https://www.qubes-os.org
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Transition of Joanna (Qubes founder) to new project while remaining head of Qubes planning, and Marek continues as lead developer and signs new Qubes releases
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and more!