Whonix 17 has been Released! (Debian 12 bookworm based) - Major Release

[Patrick]

Debian 12 bookworm based. Major release.

Whonix : A High Security Method of Surfing the Internet

Whonix is a desktop operating system designed for advanced security and privacy. Whonix mitigates the threat of common attack vectors while maintaining usability. Online anonymity is realized via fail-safe, automatic, and desktop-wide use of the Tor network. A heavily reconfigured Debian base is run inside multiple virtual machines, providing a substantial layer of protection from malware and IP address leaks. Commonly used applications are pre-installed and safely pre-configured for immediate use. The user is not jeopardized by installing additional applications or personalizing the desktop. Whonix is under active development and is the only operating system designed to be run inside a VM and paired with Tor.

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• VirtualBox: Whonix for Windows, macOS, Linux inside VirtualBox
• KVM: Whonix for KVM
• Qubes
  • R4.1: Unavailable.
  • R4.2: How-to: Install Qubes-Whonix

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Alternatively, in-place release upgrade is possible upgrade using by performing a release upgrade.

Release Upgrade

Release Upgrade Whonix 16 to Whonix 17

This release would not have been possible without the numerous supporters of Whonix!

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Major Changes

• port to Debian 12 (bookworm)
• update Tor Browser to 12.5.1
• use Tor packages from Debian stable instead of Tor Project repository
• enable zsh by default for new builds (might get reverted depending on ticket Qubes-Whonix: enable zsh by default · Issue #8343 · QubesOS/qubes-issues · GitHub)
• replacing initramfs-tools with dracut
• renamed Qubes templates
  • whonix-gw-16 to whonix-gateway-17
  • whonix-ws-16 to whonix-workstation-17
  • (Stop using abbreviations for Whonix templates · Issue #1778 · QubesOS/qubes-issues · GitHub)

Changelog

Changelog

Changelog

Full difference of all changes

https://github.com/Whonix/derivative-maker/compare/16.0.9.8-developers-only…17.0.3.0-developers-only

[maybephilipp]

Command: ~/derivative-maker/derivative-maker --flavor whonix-gateway-xfce --target utm --arch arm64 --build

############################################################
ERROR:
          $0: ././build-steps.d/1100_sanity-tests
$BASH_SOURCE: pre
      message: unknown option (1): --build
############################################################

The dev build fails almost immediately for 17 version on 17.0.3.0-developers-only branch. Could someone please tell me where I can find an actual/update developer build instructions?

I tried to ignore (I know that this error can’t be ignored) then the script fails on others steps with the same exception - --build is an unknown option.

Thanks in advance.

Using instructions from here: whonix/wiki/Dev/Build_Documentation/VM

UPD: Ok, works without the option Could you please change the docs? Since version is already updated in it (still wrong, stable, but still).

[Patrick]

Drop --build

Documentation updated just now.