Qubes OS updates Weekly Review - Y2025-W39

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Qubes OS updates Weekly Review - Y2025-W39

Introduction

Weekly review of new packages uploaded to Qubes OS repositories. Link to previous Newsletter here.

Alphabetically sorted list of new packages uploaded to Qubes OS repositories 
2025-09-23 19:54:30 - yum/r4.2/current-testing/host/fc37/rpm/kernel-latest-6.16.8-1.qubes.fc37.x86_64.rpm
2025-09-23 19:54:30 - yum/r4.2/current-testing/host/fc37/rpm/kernel-latest-devel-6.16.8-1.qubes.fc37.x86_64.rpm
2025-09-23 19:54:31 - yum/r4.2/current-testing/host/fc37/rpm/kernel-latest-modules-6.16.8-1.qubes.fc37.x86_64.rpm
2025-09-23 19:54:31 - yum/r4.2/current-testing/host/fc37/rpm/kernel-latest-qubes-vm-6.16.8-1.qubes.fc37.x86_64.rpm
2025-09-23 20:14:34 - yum/r4.3/current-testing/host/fc41/rpm/kernel-latest-6.16.8-1.qubes.fc41.x86_64.rpm
2025-09-23 20:14:35 - yum/r4.3/current-testing/host/fc41/rpm/kernel-latest-devel-6.16.8-1.qubes.fc41.x86_64.rpm
2025-09-23 20:14:36 - yum/r4.3/current-testing/host/fc41/rpm/kernel-latest-modules-6.16.8-1.qubes.fc41.x86_64.rpm
2025-09-23 20:14:36 - yum/r4.3/current-testing/host/fc41/rpm/kernel-latest-qubes-vm-6.16.8-1.qubes.fc41.x86_64.rpm

Highlights

  • Qubes OS Summit 2025 (see epilogue).

Details

In addition to the usual minor fixes and patches (full list here):

Epilogue

Due to Qubes OS Summit 2025, we had fewer that usual updates this week. Mainly because many developers and maintainers were busy preparing presentations, travelling or attending the venue. There were lot’s of interesting talks and presentations. Slides for most of the presentations are available if you click on each presentation here. And the videos are already available here for day 1 and here for day 2.

Some of the highlights:

  • Qubes OS 4.3 development update (summary & slides)
    • Plans to release Qubes OS r4.2.5 with Fedora 42 (which is stable) and maybe Debian 13.
    • Fedora 43 will likely not be available on r4.2
    • IPv6 DNS, dom0 update progress, packaging for Unified Kernel Image in progress
    • r4.3 pending WHonix 18 (based on Debian trixie)
    • Demi Marie Obenour left the core team.
    • Ben Grande joined the core team.
    • Val Packett joined the core team (will work on GPU acceleration and Wayland migration).
    • Guillaume Chinal joined the team
    • Gentoo & NixOS templates have good progress.
    • Plans for Wyng-backup integration (incremental backups).
  • Guidelines on how to contribute Qubes OS GUI Tools (summary & slides).
  • Using Qubes OS as admin workstations in a real corporate IT environment (summary).
  • 3mdeb introduced two servers with Dasharo Firmware. One Xeon and one EPYC board (summary & slides).
  • Introduction to Spectrum OS (summary & slides).
    • A very interesting KVM + Nixpkg based immutable rolling OS (currently under development).
  • Visions on Qubes Air vertical integration (summary & slides).
  • Custom label creator tool updates (summary & slides).
  • The future of Qube Manager (and what changes to expect).
    • Design session. Watch video for more info.
  • Using segregation to hyper secure your development environment (summary).
  • NovaCustom introduction of NUC Box and Smartphone. And other plans (summary & slides).
  • Updates on UEFI Secure Boot in Qubes OS (summary & slides).
  • Updates on TrenchBoot (summary & slides).
  • Qubes Windows Tools: the present and the future (summary & slides).
  • Recent Advances in Device Management in Qubes OS (summary & slides).
  • Qubes OS continues infrastructure hardware, software and workflow (summary & slides).
  • Ansible in Qubes OS (summary & slies).
  • What is new with Qubes GUI Tools (summary & slides).
  • Fast and fresh disposable qubes (preloaded disposables) (summary & slides).
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in which talk was this mentioned? Edit: oh in this one? Qubes OS 4.3 development update :: Qubes OS Summit 2025 :: pretalx I don’t recall it mentioning incremental backups. I gotta check the video again.

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Yes. 1st one. More details in the video. But let’s say, I know about this for a long time from other sources :wink:

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what might be the timelines for wyng incremental backups backed into QubesOS? QubesOs v5?

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I guess it is a question for @tasket. But they have not visited forum for a long time.

On the other hand, this could be a relatively time consuming task with many corners to cover. It might be hard to provide an accurate timeline. Backups are very sensitive issue.

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Just forgot to mention that Rafał Wojdyła (omeg) who was a former member of core-team who is currently working on QWT has joined the core-team once again officially.

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I would have to guess “something after Qubes 4.3, assuming they’re still interested”. :slight_smile: Funding for Wyng development (i.e. the major features on the v0.9 roadmap) is up in the air, but for now v0.8 has reached release candidate stage and its fairly easy to install.

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