Introduction
Following my previous weekly updates post, this is the 2nd instalment of the Qubes OS weekly review of new packages uploaded to Qubes OS repositories. I forgot to post the link to the script used to fetch the list of new packages per year/week. It needs rsync to run (and network of course). Run it with --help to see the syntax.
Alphabetically sorted list of new packages for Y2024-W19
disk-password-gui_1.0.0-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
grubby-dummy-9.0.0-4.fc40.noarch.rpm
libqrexec-utils2_4.2.19-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
libqrexec-utils2_4.2.19-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
libqrexec-utils2_4.2.19-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
libqrexec-utils2-dbgsym_4.2.19-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
libqrexec-utils2-dbgsym_4.2.19-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
libqrexec-utils-dev_4.2.19-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
libqrexec-utils-dev_4.2.19-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
libqrexec-utils-dev_4.2.19-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
libqubesdb_4.2.5-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
libqubesdb-dbgsym_4.2.5-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
pipewire-qubes_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
pipewire-qubes_4.2.14-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
pipewire-qubes-dbgsym_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
pulseaudio-qubes_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
pulseaudio-qubes_4.2.14-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
pulseaudio-qubes-dbgsym_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks-4.2.33-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks-4.2.33-1.fc38.noarch.rpm
python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks-4.2.33-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
python3-dnf-plugins-qubes-hooks-4.2.33-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
python3-qrexec_4.2.19-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
python3-qrexec_4.2.19-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
python3-qrexec_4.2.19-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
python3-qubesadmin_4.2.12-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
python3-qubesadmin-4.2.12-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
python3-qubesdb_4.2.5-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
python3-qubesdb-dbgsym_4.2.5-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
python3-qubesimgconverter-4.2.16-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
python3-qubesimgconverter-4.2.16-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
python3-qubesimgconverter-4.2.16-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
python3-qubes-menu_1.1.5-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
python3-qubes-menu_1.2.0-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
python3-qubes-menu_1.2.0-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
python3-qubes-menu_1.2.0-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
python3-qui_4.2.21-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
python3-qui_4.2.21-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
python3-qui_4.2.21-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
python3-splitgpg2_1.0.0+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-audio-daemon_4.2.7-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-audio-daemon-dbgsym_4.2.7-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-admin-client_4.2.12-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-admin-client-4.2.12-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-4.2.33-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-4.2.33-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-4.2.33-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-4.2.33-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent_4.2.33-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.2.33-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.2.33-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.2.33-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.2.33-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.2.33-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dbgsym_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dbgsym_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dbgsym_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.2.33-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.2.33-1.fc38.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.2.33-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.2.33-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.2.33-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.2.33-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.2.33-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.2.33-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.2.33-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.2.33-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.2.33-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.2.33-1.fc38.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.2.33-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.2.33-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.2.33-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.2.33-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.2.33-1.fc38.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.2.33-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.2.33-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.2.33-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.2.33-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.2.33-1.fc38.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.2.33-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.2.33-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.2.33-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.2.33-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.2.33-1.fc38.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.2.33-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.2.33-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.2.33-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.2.33-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.2.33-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.2.33-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.2.32-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.2.33-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.2.33-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.2.33-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.2.33-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.2.33-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.2.33-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.2.33-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-dom0-4.2.25-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-dom0-4.2.26-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-dom0-linux-4.2.22-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-dom0-linux-4.2.23-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-dom0-linux-kernel-install-4.2.22-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-dom0-linux-kernel-install-4.2.23-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-dom0-vaio-fixes-4.2.22-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-dom0-vaio-fixes-4.2.23-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-4.1.26-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec_4.2.19-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-qrexec_4.2.19-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-qrexec-4.2.19-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-4.2.19-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-4.2.19-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-4.2.19-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec_4.2.19-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-qrexec-dbgsym_4.2.19-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-qrexec-dbgsym_4.2.19-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-qrexec-devel-4.1.26-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-devel-4.2.19-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-devel-4.2.19-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-devel-4.2.19-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-devel-4.2.19-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-dom0-4.2.19-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-libs-4.1.26-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-libs-4.2.19-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-libs-4.2.19-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-libs-4.2.19-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-libs-4.2.19-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-4.1.26-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-4.2.19-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-4.2.19-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-4.2.19-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-4.2.19-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-selinux-4.2.19-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-selinux-4.2.19-1.fc38.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-selinux-4.2.19-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-qrexec-vm-selinux-4.2.19-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubesdb_4.2.5-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubesdb-dbgsym_4.2.5-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubesdb-dev_4.2.5-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubesdb-vm_4.2.5-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-desktop-linux-manager_4.2.21-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-desktop-linux-manager_4.2.21-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-desktop-linux-manager-4.2.21-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-desktop-linux-manager-4.2.21-1.fc38.noarch.rpm
qubes-desktop-linux-manager-4.2.21-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-desktop-linux-manager-4.2.21-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-desktop-linux-manager_4.2.21-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-desktop-linux-menu_1.1.5-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-desktop-linux-menu_1.2.0-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-desktop-linux-menu_1.2.0-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-desktop-linux-menu-1.2.0-1.fc37.noarch.rpm
qubes-desktop-linux-menu-1.2.0-1.fc38.noarch.rpm
qubes-desktop-linux-menu-1.2.0-1.fc39.noarch.rpm
qubes-desktop-linux-menu-1.2.0-1.fc40.noarch.rpm
qubes-desktop-linux-menu_1.2.0-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-dist-upgrade-4.1.6-1.fc32.noarch.rpm
qubes-gpg-split_2.0.71-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gpg-split-dbgsym_2.0.71-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gpg-split-tests_2.0.71-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-agent_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-agent_4.2.14-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-agent-dbgsym_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-agent-xfce_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-agent-xfce_4.2.14-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-daemon_4.2.7-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-daemon-dbgsym_4.2.7-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-daemon-pulseaudio_4.2.7-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-vnc_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-gui-vnc_4.2.14-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-img-converter_1.2.16-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-img-converter-1.2.16-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-input-proxy-receiver_1.0.36-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-input-proxy-receiver-dbgsym_1.0.36-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-input-proxy-sender_1.0.36-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-input-proxy-sender-dbgsym_1.0.36-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-kernel-vm-support-4.2.16-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-kernel-vm-support-4.2.16-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-kernel-vm-support-4.2.16-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-template-fedora-39-minimal-4.0.6-202405082135.noarch.rpm
qubes-template-fedora-40-xfce-4.3.0-202405120234.noarch.rpm
qubes-utils-4.2.16-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-4.2.16-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-4.2.16-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-devel-4.2.16-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-devel-4.2.16-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-devel-4.2.16-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-libs-4.2.16-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-libs-4.2.16-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-libs-4.2.16-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-selinux-4.2.16-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-selinux-4.2.16-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
qubes-utils-selinux-4.2.16-1.fc40.x86_64.rpm
qubes-video-companion_1.0.7-1+deb13u1_all.deb
qubes-video-companion_1.0.7-1+jammy1_all.deb
qubes-vm-core-4.2.33-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-vm-keyring-4.2.33-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-vm-networking-4.2.33-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-vm-passwordless-root-4.2.33-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-vm-qrexec-4.2.19-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
scrypt-1.3.2-1.fc39.x86_64.rpm
split-gpg2_1.0.0+jammy1_all.deb
split-gpg2-tests_1.0.0+jammy1_all.deb
xen-hvm-stubdom-linux-4.2.13-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
xen-hvm-stubdom-linux-full-4.2.13-1.fc37.x86_64.rpm
xserver-xorg-input-qubes_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-input-qubes_4.2.14-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-input-qubes-dbgsym_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-qubes-common_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-qubes-common_4.2.14-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-qubes-common-dbgsym_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-dummyqbs_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-dummyqbs_4.2.14-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
xserver-xorg-video-dummyqbs-dbgsym_4.2.14-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
Minor issues while reviewing
- Some of relatively old software are being packaged and uploaded for Debian/Ubuntu. The 1st item in the above list is
disk-password-guiwhich has not received any update in 6 month and is now packaged for Ubuntu Jammy 22.04. Some CI/CD glitch? - The discrepancy of .deb, .rpm, .zst package names between Distros could be confusing. For example
libqrexec-utils2, libqrexec-utils-dev, python3-qrexec, qubes-core-qrexecfor Debian,qubes-vm-qrexecfor Archlinux,qubes-qrexec*for Fedora are from the same Repo. Maybe unifying package names would make cross-distro trouble-shooting easier.
Highlights
- Many r4.1 builds are being dropped. I am not going to cover r4.1 updates anymore but rather focus on r4.2 & r4.3. If you are on r4.1, please upgrade.
- Updater is receiving some major fixes.
- Audio system is still going through major changes.
- AppMenu received a major upgrade
- The underlying qrexec received lots of updates
Details
- qubes-core-admin 4.2.26 - The deprecated pkg_resources lib was removed and replaced with importlib which triggered a lot of packages to be rebuilt. Some unit tests.
- qubes-core-admin-linux 4.2.22 & 23 - Fixes to the updater. Running
qubes-vm-updateas root will not break it for non-root user. VM will not be targeted for reboot if update is not successful. Some other changes. - qubes-core-agent-linux 4.2.33 - The
connect-tcp-directcommit is not something ordinary users should worry about. Mostly improvements to UpdateProxy. - qubes-core-qrexec 4.2.19 - A lot of fixes. Pages and pages of commit messages. Some address pending issues on Github. These are fundamental improvements to qrexec. Mostly nothing end user would notice
- qubes-desktop-linux-manager 4.2.21 - This received some fixes for updater.
- qubes-desktop-linux-menu 1.2.0 - AppMenu received a major update which I discussed before here.
- qubes-linux-utils 4.2.16 - Some unit tests and CI/CD fixes. Improvement for qrexec Unicode filtering. Some Math and Currency symbols are now displayed.
- qubes-vmm-xen-stubdom-linux 4.2.13 - A collection of major fixes for Audio System. Something ordinary users who have issues with sound should care about. Dynamic audiovm switching.