Qubes OS 4.2.0-rc1 is available for testing

Jun 3, 2023 12:00 pm Cyber Security 96

We’re pleased to announce that the first release candidate for Qubes OS 4.2.0 is now available for testing. This minor release includes several new features and improvements over Qubes OS 4.1.0. Qubes 4.2.0-rc1 is available on the downloads page.

What’s new in Qubes 4.2.0?

Dom0 upgraded to Fedora 37

Xen updated to version 4.17

SELinux support in Fedora templates

Several GUI applications rewritten, including:

Applications Menu

Qubes Global Settings

Create New Qube

Qubes Update

Unified grub.cfg location for both UEFI and legacy boot

PipeWire support

fwupd integration for firmware updates

Optional automatic clipboard clearing

Official packages built using Qubes Builder v2

Please see the Qubes OS 4.2.0 release notes for details.

Reminder: new signing key for Qubes OS 4.2

As a reminder, we published the following special announcement in Qubes Canary 032 on 2022-09-14:

We plan to create a new Release Signing Key (RSK) for Qubes OS 4.2. Normally, we have only one RSK for each major release. However, for the 4.2 release, we will be using Qubes Builder version 2, which is a complete rewrite of the Qubes Builder. Out of an abundance of caution, we would like to isolate the build processes of the current stable 4.1 release and the upcoming 4.2 rele ..

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