Updating QubesOS

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@janglingquo_575

There is no way of switching the distro

Change the OS used in dom0

@janglingquo_575

limit your template options, as it is the most used part of QubesOS for system administration

Can you give a couple examples for those curious?

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The other issue is; does the version of Fedora used by dom0 receive updates?

Supported releases

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Is it possible to update from f32 to f38 ? (for example).

Yes, only by installing a new Qubes version.

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Futhermore, is the f32 used by dom0 a minimal, stripped down version of the OS?

How to minimize dom0?

Hi, It seems dom0 is not as optimal (minimal) as it could be. Here is an example: root@dom0:~ # dnf list --installed *firmware* | sed -r 's/ {2,}.*//g' Installed Packages alsa-sof-firmware.noarch amd-gpu-firmware.noarch intel-gpu-firmware.noarch linux-firmware.noarch linux-firmware-whence.noarch nvidia-gpu-firmware.noarch I have no NVIDIA or AMD hardware, yet this firmware (which IIUC is certainly proprietary) is there by default (not installed by me explicitly). This is quite concerning in …