Qubes is an open source Linux operating system specially designed to provide strong security for desktop computing.
Qubes is based on Xen, X Window System, and the Linux kernel. It can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers.
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What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Upgraded Dom0 distribution to the latest Fedora 18 (all previous releases used Fedora 13 for Dom0!)
· Upgraded default VM template also to Fedora 18
· Upgraded Dom0 kernel to 3.7.6
· Upgraded KDE environment in Dom0 (KDE 4.9)
· Introduced Xfce 4.10 environment for Dom0 as an alternative to KDE
· A few other fixes and improvements, including the recently discussed Disposable VM-based PDF converter