Qubes OS ProjectWelcome to the Qubes OS Project
Qubes is an open-source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing using Security by Compartmentalization approach. Qubes is based on Xen, the X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers. Qubes Release 1 was released in September 2012 and Release 2 in September 2014. Qubes also supports Windows-based AppVMs beginning with Release 2 (currently in “Beta”). Qubes Release 3 is coming soon and will introduce Hypervisor Abstraction Layer (HAL), allowing easy porting to alternative virtualization systems.
- A Simple Introduction to Qubes
- Getting Started
- Qubes OS Tutorial slides by ITL (LinuxCon October 2014)
- Screenshots
- Architecture Overview, and also the more recent: Why Qubes OS is more than a bunch of VMs?
- Security
- FAQ
- User Documentation
- How is Qubes OS different from…?
- Beyond Qubes R2 – the Qubes Odyssey Framework
Recent News
Mar 21, 2013Introducing Qubes Odyssey Framework articleJun 21, 2013Qubes OS R3 Alpha preview: Odyssey HAL in action! announcementNov 26, 2013Windows 7 seamless GUI integration coming to Qubes OS! articleDec 11, 2013Qubes OS R2 Beta 3 has been released! announcementFeb 16, 2014Qubes OS selected as a finalist of Access Innovation Prize 2014 for Endpoint Security Solution announcementMar 28, 2014Article about Qubes OS in The EconomistApr 12, 2014Article about Qubes OS by the Freedom of the Press FoundationApr 21, 2014Qubes OS R2 rc1 has been released! announcementJul 03, 2014ITL to present on Qubes OS at LinuxCon Europe: a keynote by Joanna Rutkowska and hands-on training by the core dev team! conference websiteJul 16, 2014Qubes Wiki now uses a CA-signed SSL cert (but you might also want to read also why this is mostly irrelevant)Aug 06, 2014Qubes OS R2 rc2 has been released! announcementSep 26, 2014Qubes OS R2 has been released! announcementOct 19, 2014LinuxCon EU 2014 slides: keynote and tutorialNov 20, 2014Article about Qubes OS in Wired