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Qubes OS


Last Update: 2026-02-08 01:17 UTC

Qubes OS is a free and open-source, security-oriented operating system for single-user desktop computing. Qubes OS leverages Xen-based virtualization to allow for the creation and management of isolated compartments called qubes. These qubes are implemented as virtual machines (VMs). This allows each component of the operating system to be isolated from other pieces, preventing compromises from spreading or information from leaking.

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Qubes Summary
Distribution Qubes OS
Home Page https://qubes-os.org/
Mailing Lists https://www.mail-archive.com/qubes-users@googlegroups.com/
User Forums https://forum.qubes-os.org/
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Documentation https://doc.qubes-os.org/
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Bug Tracker https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2025-12-21: Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.3.0
 • 2025-02-19: Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.2.4
 • 2024-07-14: Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.2.2
 • 2023-12-19: Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.2.0
 • 2023-11-27: Development Release: Qubes OS 4.2.0 RC5
 • 2023-08-29: Development Release: Qubes OS 4.2.0 RC2
 • 2023-03-15: Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.1.2
 • 2022-07-19: Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.1.1
 • 2022-02-05: Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.1.0
 • 2022-01-18: Development Release: Qubes OS 4.1.0 RC4
 • 2021-03-05: Distribution Release: Qubes OS 4.0.4
 • 2021-01-24: Development Release: Qubes OS 4.0.4 RC2
 • More Qubes releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2024-10-03 Qubes certifies the NitroPad v56
 • 2024-05-10 Qubes OS 4.1 support extended
 • 2024-03-27 Qubes OS 4.1 nears the end of its supported life
 • 2024-03-01 Qubes certifies the NitroPC Pro 2
 • 2024-01-10 Qubes certifies the Star Labs StarBook
 • 2022-07-05 Qubes 4.0 nears its end of life
 • 2021-10-12 Qubes tests reproducible Debian builds
 • 2021-08-31 Qubes publishes canary document
 • 2021-06-16 Qubes gets a new forum
 • 2021-03-08 Qubes and other security-focused distros
 • More Qubes headlines...

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Feature 4.3.0 4.2.4 4.1.2 3.2.1 2 1.0
Release Date 2025-12-21 2025-02-18 2023-03-15 2018-11-13 2014-09-26 2012-09-03
End Of Life     2024-06 2019-03    
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 7700-7800 6900-7000 5800-5900 4000-4100 2900-3000 1600-1700
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Xfce Xfce Xfce Xfce KDE KDE
Default Browser            
Package Format rpm (dnf) rpm (dnf) rpm (dnf) rpm (yum) rpm (yum) rpm (yum)
Package Management            
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- --
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Upstart
Journaled File Systems            
Multilingual            
Full Package List 4.3.0 4.2.4 4.1.2 3.2.1 2 1.0

Full Package List:   Qubes OS 1.0
  Number of packages: 556 (download as TXT)
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  •  acl-2.2.49-5.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  alsa-lib-1.0.23-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  at-3.1.12-5.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  atk-1.30.0-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  attica-0.1.2-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  audit-libs-2.0.4-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  authconfig-6.1.4-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  authconfig-gtk-6.1.4-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  avahi-0.6.25-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  avahi-glib-0.6.25-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  basesystem-10.0-3.noarch.rpm
  •  bash-4.1.2-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  binutils-2.20.51.0.2-15.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  bridge-utils-1.2-9.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  bzip2-1.0.5-6.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  bzip2-libs-1.0.5-6.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  ca-certificates-2010-2.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  cairo-1.8.10-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  c-ares-1.7.0-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cdparanoia-libs-10.2-9.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  chkconfig-1.3.45-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  clucene-core-0.9.21-5.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  compat-readline5-5.2-17.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  comps-extras-20-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  ConsoleKit-0.4.1-5.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  ConsoleKit-libs-0.4.1-5.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  ConsoleKit-x11-0.4.1-5.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  control-center-filesystem-2.30.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  coreutils-8.4-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  coreutils-libs-8.4-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cpio-2.10-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cracklib-2.8.15-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cracklib-dicts-2.8.15-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cracklib-python-2.8.15-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  createrepo-0.9.8-4.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  cronie-1.4.4-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cronie-noanacron-1.4.4-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  crontabs-1.10-32.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  cryptsetup-luks-1.1.0-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cryptsetup-luks-libs-1.1.0-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cups-libs-1.4.3-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  curl-7.20.0-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.23-11.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dash-0.5.5.1-3.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  db4-4.8.26-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  db4-utils-4.8.26-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dbus-1.2.24-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dbus-glib-0.84-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dbus-libs-1.2.24-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dbus-python-0.83.0-6.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  dbus-x11-1.2.24-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dejavu-fonts-common-2.30-2.fc12.noarch.rpm
  •  dejavu-sans-fonts-2.30-2.fc12.noarch.rpm
  •  dejavu-sans-mono-fonts-2.30-2.fc12.noarch.rpm
  •  deltarpm-3.5-0.7.20100121git.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  desktop-backgrounds-basic-9.0.0-14.noarch.rpm
  •  desktop-file-utils-0.16-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  device-mapper-1.02.44-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  device-mapper-event-1.02.44-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.44-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  device-mapper-libs-1.02.44-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  device-mapper-multipath-0.4.9-14.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  device-mapper-multipath-libs-0.4.9-14.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dhclient-4.1.1-15.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  diffutils-2.8.1-25.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  dmidecode-2.10-1.39.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  dmraid-1.0.0.rc16-12.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dmraid-events-1.0.0.rc16-12.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  dmz-cursor-themes-0.4-3.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  dracut-005-3.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  dump-0.4-0.4.b42.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  e2fsprogs-1.41.10-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  e2fsprogs-libs-1.41.10-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  ed-1.1-3.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  eggdbus-0.6-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  eject-2.1.5-18.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  elfutils-libelf-0.146-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  enchant-1.6.0-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  exiv2-libs-0.19-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  expat-2.0.1-10.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  fedora-gnome-theme-13.3-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  fedora-icon-theme-1.0.0-7.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  file-5.04-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  file-libs-5.04-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  filesystem-2.4.31-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  findutils-4.4.2-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  fipscheck-1.2.0-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  fipscheck-lib-1.2.0-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  firstboot-1.110-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  flac-1.2.1-6.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  fontconfig-2.8.0-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  fontpackages-filesystem-1.42-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  freetype-2.3.11-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gamin-0.1.10-7.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gawk-3.1.7-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  GConf2-2.28.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gdbm-1.8.0-33.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  giflib-4.1.6-3.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  glib2-2.24.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  glibc-2.12-1.x86_64.rpm
  •  glibc-common-2.12-1.x86_64.rpm
  •  glx-utils-7.8.1-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gmp-4.3.1-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gnome-icon-theme-2.30.2.1-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  gnome-menus-2.30.0-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gnome-packagekit-2.30.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gnome-python2-2.28.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gnome-python2-canvas-2.28.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gnome-themes-2.30.0-3.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  gnome-vfs2-2.24.3-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gnupg2-2.0.14-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gnutls-2.8.5-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gobject-introspection-0.6.9-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gpgme-1.1.8-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gpm-libs-1.20.6-9.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  grep-2.6.3-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  groff-1.18.1.4-20.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  grub-0.97-64.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  grubby-7.0.13-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gstreamer-0.10.28-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.28-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gstreamer-tools-0.10.28-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gtk2-2.20.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gtk2-engines-2.20.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  gzip-1.3.13-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  hal-0.5.14-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  hal-filesystem-0.5.14-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  hal-info-20090716-3.fc12.noarch.rpm
  •  hal-libs-0.5.14-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  hdparm-9.27-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  hicolor-icon-theme-0.12-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  hostname-3.04-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  hunspell-1.2.8-17.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  hwdata-0.229-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  ilmbase-1.0.1-6.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  info-4.13a-9.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  initscripts-9.12-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  iproute-2.6.32-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  iptables-1.4.7-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  iputils-20071127-10.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  irqbalance-0.55-25.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  iso-codes-3.15-1.fc13.noarch.rpm
  •  jasper-libs-1.900.1-15.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  kbd-1.15-9.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  kcm_touchpad-0.3.1-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  kdebase-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kdebase-runtime-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kdebase-runtime-flags-4.4.5-11.qbs1.noarch.rpm
  •  kdebase-runtime-libs-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kdebase-workspace-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kdebase-workspace-libs-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kde-filesystem-4.4.5-11.qbs1.noarch.rpm
  •  kdegraphics-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kdegraphics-libs-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kdelibs-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kdemultimedia-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kde-settings-4.4.5-11.qbs1.noarch.rpm
  •  kde-settings-kdm-4.4.5-11.qbs1.noarch.rpm
  •  kdm-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  kernel-3.2.7-10.pvops.qubes.x86_64.rpm
  •  kernel-qubes-vm-3.2.7-10.pvops.qubes.x86_64.rpm
  •  keyutils-libs-1.2-6.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  kpartx-0.4.9-14.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  krb5-libs-1.7.1-8.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  ksysguardd-4.4.5-11.qbs1.x86_64.rpm
  •  lcms-libs-1.19-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  less-436-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libacl-2.2.49-5.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libaio-0.3.109-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libarchive-2.8.3-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libart_lgpl-2.3.20-5.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  libasyncns-0.8-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libattr-2.4.44-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libblkid-2.17.2-3.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libbonobo-2.24.2-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libbonoboui-2.24.3-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libcanberra-0.23-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libcanberra-gtk2-0.23-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libcap-2.17-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libcap-ng-0.6.2-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libcom_err-1.41.10-6.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libconfig-1.3.2-1.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  libcurl-7.20.0-4.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libdaemon-0.14-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libdmx-1.1.0-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libdrm-2.4.25-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libdwarf-0.20090324-5.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  libedit-3.0-2.20090923cvs.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libffi-3.0.9-1.fc13.x86_64.rpm
  •  libfontenc-1.0.5-2.fc12.x86_64.rpm
  •  libgcc-4.4.4-2.fc13.x86_64.rpm