Qubes 4.1.0-beta1 Available

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Quoting here @marmarek from the qubes-devel mailing list as it can be of relevance. Find the signed post on the mailing list archive.

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@deeplow @marmarekā€¦I am running 4.1 Alpha and dom0 is fully updated as of 7-11-2021

Is there an advantage to doing a complete reinstall and qube restore?

or is my current install the same ?

NOTE: I am on Fedora 33, not moved to Fedora 34 yet

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Not necessary itā€™s same, and fedora 34 it isnā€™t officially release, you can try upgrading if you want. I use fedora 34 as default.

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sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-current-testing qubes-dist-upgrade
Using sys-firewall as UpdateVM to download updates for Dom0; this may take some time...
Fedora 32 - x86_64 - Updates                    384 kB/s |  30 MB     01:19    
Fedora 32 - x86_64                              548 kB/s |  70 MB     02:11    
Qubes Dom0 Repository (updates)                 193 kB/s | 1.1 MB     00:05    
Qubes Dom0 Repository (updates-testing)          71 kB/s | 740 kB     00:10    
determining the fastest mirror (15 hosts).. done.--  B/s |   0  B     --:-- ETA
Qubes Templates repository                      652  B/s | 2.8 kB     00:04    
No match for argument: qubes-dist-upgrade
Error: Unable to find a match: qubes-dist-upgrade
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not sure what i did wrong.

did i mispell cubes?

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wont update

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No match for argument: qubes-dist-upgrade
Error: Unable to find a match: qubes-dist-upgrade

qubes is the only thing in life i like right now and i cant even get it to work

[user@dom0 ~]$ sudo qubes-dist-upgrade --help
sudo: qubes-dist-upgrade: command not found
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The situation is, you already in qubes 4.1
qubes-dist-upgrade is for upgrading which mean only work under 4.1 version :wink:

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I did it! I upgraded to 4.1 I guess!? (I think)

But how do I get out of alpha then?

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Testing this now on quite recent Tiger Lake -based DELL laptop. Everything else seems to be working so far except suspend (which wonā€™t work because of some lacking Xen support or smth).

I wonder is it possible to update to proper release version once it comes alive? Or is reinstall required?

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Just updating, in dom0 and templates.

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The beta installation image is, of course, also available from our
onion site:
http://iso.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion/

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https://ftp.qubes-os.org/iso/Qubes-R4.1.0-beta1-x86_64.torrent

No seeders. Stuck at 82%

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I switched from 4.0.4 to 4.1.0-beta1, with the new-install-and-backup/restore process. I chose Debian as main template and dvm-based sys-{net,firewall}.

After some settings, now all works except minor cases. Thanks for all the work done by the Qubes-OS team! :heart:

The minor cases:

  • fedora-34 template update: salt error when updating from the tray-bar update (and so also from qubectl/salt cli), but works from Qubes Manager / update. The salt update works for debian and whonix. Iā€™ll explore this in the next days, and create an issue if itā€™s a real problem.
  • Debian Disposable VM doesnā€™t work. The debian-10-dvm works for my sys-* but not for disp-{1234}. Maybe a mistake in my restore process, Iā€™ll fix this in the next days.
  • my old webcam no more detected
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2 posts were merged into an existing topic: Debian Disposable VM works for sys-* but not for disp-{1234}

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I installed a signed 4.1 weekly and it seems I am already on current!?
Do I need to do anything to stay up to date or is everything fine?

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Keep updating.
If you are using the beta, then there may be some advantage in
enabling the testing repositories. The pace of development is fast.

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Am I using the Beta? I donā€™t know. The signed weekly was the only version that installed successfully, so that is what I went with.

@adw wrote that one should not use testing unless they are a tester. I really only want a system that is stable, supports my hardware (lol) and receives security updates.

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Yes, you are on beta, otherwise you would have had to add kernel-parameters to install :wink:

R4.1-Beta on X1 Carbon Gen 9 (Tiger Lake) works out of the box, beside little visual glitches (kernel 5.4.67 doesnt have them),(resume from suspend leads to reboot/black screen (with spinning fans). sound works (not mic) with additional config.
Maybe qubes-dom0-update/sys-whonix is not fully functional regarding search/list, but had no time to dig deeper yet.

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Do you mean you got suspend/resume working with some additional config? I thought this is not possible on Tiger Lake. If you did, please share.

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Sorry, only sound. resume (from suspend) always ends with reboot or black screen with spinning fan(s)