diff --git a/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/supported-versions.md b/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/supported-versions.md index 82c39aec..8f153cb9 100644 --- a/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/supported-versions.md +++ b/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/supported-versions.md @@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ title: Supported Versions permalink: /doc/supported-versions/ --- -Supported Versions -================== +# Supported Versions + +This page details the level and period of support for versions of operating systems in the Qubes ecosystem. + + +## Qubes OS -Qubes OS --------- Qubes OS releases are supported for **six months** after each subsequent major or minor release (see [Version Scheme]). The current release and past major releases are always available on the [Downloads] page, while all ISOs, including @@ -24,17 +26,17 @@ past minor releases, are available from our [download mirrors]. | Release 4.0 | 2018-03-28 | TBA | Current, supported | | Release 4.1 | TBA | TBA | [In development][4.1] | -### Note on point releases ### -Please note that point releases, such as 3.2.1 and 4.0.1, do not designate -separate, new versions of Qubes OS. Rather, they designate their respective -major or minor releases, such as 4.0 and 3.2, inclusive of all package updates -up to a certain point. For example, installing Release 4.0 and fully updating it -results in the same system as installing Release 4.0.1. Therefore, point -releases are not displayed as separate rows on any of the tables on this page. +### Note on point releases + +Please note that point releases, such as 3.2.1 and 4.0.1, do not designate separate, new versions of Qubes OS. +Rather, they designate their respective major or minor releases, such as 4.0 and 3.2, inclusive of all package updates up to a certain point. +For example, installing Release 4.0 and fully updating it results in the same system as installing Release 4.0.1. +Therefore, point releases are not displayed as separate rows on any of the tables on this page. + + +## Dom0 -Dom0 ----- The table below shows the OS used for dom0 in each Qubes OS release. | Qubes OS | Dom0 OS | @@ -46,21 +48,19 @@ The table below shows the OS used for dom0 in each Qubes OS release. | Release 3.2 | Fedora 23 | | Release 4.0 | Fedora 25 | -### Note on dom0 and EOL ### -Dom0 is isolated from domUs. DomUs can access only a few interfaces, -such as Xen, device backends (in the dom0 kernel and in other VMs, such as the -NetVM), and Qubes tools (gui-daemon, qrexec-daemon, etc.). These components are -[security-critical], and we provide updates for all of them (when necessary), -regardless of the support status of the base distribution. For this reason, we -consider it safe to continue using a given base distribution in dom0 even after -it has reached EOL (end-of-life). +### Note on dom0 and EOL + +Dom0 is isolated from domUs. DomUs can access only a few interfaces, such as Xen, device backends (in the dom0 kernel and in other VMs, such as the NetVM), and Qubes tools (gui-daemon, qrexec-daemon, etc.). +These components are [security-critical], and we provide updates for all of them (when necessary), regardless of the support status of the base distribution. +For this reason, we consider it safe to continue using a given base distribution in dom0 even after it has reached EOL (end-of-life). -TemplateVMs ------------ -The table below shows the [TemplateVM] versions supported by each Qubes OS -release. Currently, only Fedora, Debian, and Whonix TemplateVMs are officially supported. +## TemplateVMs + +The table below shows the [TemplateVM] versions supported by each Qubes OS release. +Currently, only [Fedora] and [Debian] TemplateVMs are officially supported by the Qubes OS Project. +[Whonix] TemplateVMs are supported by our partner, the [Whonix Project]. | Qubes OS | Fedora | Debian | Whonix | | ------------- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ---------- | @@ -75,11 +75,12 @@ release. Currently, only Fedora, Debian, and Whonix TemplateVMs are officially s extensive testing. -Whonix ------- +### Note on Whonix support -[Whonix] is an advanced feature in Qubes OS. -Those who wish to use it must stay reasonably close to the cutting edge by upgrading to new stable versions of Qubes OS and Whonix TemplateVMs within a month of their respective releases. +[Whonix] TemplateVMs are supported by our partner, the [Whonix Project]. +The Whonix Project has set its own support policy for Whonix TemplateVMs in Qubes. + +This policy requires Whonix TemplateVM users to stay reasonably close to the cutting edge by upgrading to new stable versions of Qubes OS and Whonix TemplateVMs within a month of their respective releases. To be precise: * One month after a new stable version of Qubes OS is released, Whonix TemplateVMs will no longer be supported on any older version of Qubes OS. @@ -98,5 +99,8 @@ We aim to announce both types of events one month in advance in order to remind [TemplateVM]: /doc/templates/ [extended support]: /news/2018/03/28/qubes-40/#the-past-and-the-future [4.1]: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22Release+4.1%22+ +[Fedora]: /doc/templates/fedora/ +[Debian]: /doc/templates/debian/ [Whonix]: /doc/whonix/ +[Whonix Project]: https://www.whonix.org/