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= Welcome to the Qubes OS Project =

Qubes is an open source operating system designed to provide strong security for desktop computing. Qubes is based on Xen, X Window System, and Linux, and can run most Linux applications and utilize most of the Linux drivers. Qubes '''Release 1''' has been released in September 2012. Qubes '''Release 2''' is currently in the works, and Beta 1 has already been released. Qubes 2 supports Windows-based AppVMs.

 * [wiki:QubesScreenshots Screenshots]
 * [wiki:QubesArchitecture Architecture Overview]
 * [wiki:SecurityGoals Qubes Security Goals]
 * [wiki:UserFaq FAQ]
 * How is Qubes OS different from...? [http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-is-qubes-os-different-from.html article]

== News ==
 * Sep 28, 2011: Playing with Qubes Networking for Fun and Profit [http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2011/09/playing-with-qubes-networking-for-fun.html article]
 * Feb 06, 2012: Qubes 1 Beta 3 has been released!
 * Mar 03, 2012: Windows support coming to Qubes! [http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2012/03/windows-support-coming-to-qubes.html article]
 * Sep 03, 2012: Qubes 1 has been released! [http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2012/09/introducing-qubes-10.html announcement]
 * Sep 12, 2012: How is Qubes OS different from other approaches to desktop security? [http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-is-qubes-os-different-from.html article]
 * Nov 16, 2012: [SecurityPage Qubes Security Team] has joined the Xen Security Pre-disclousre list [http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2012-11/msg00821.html more]
 * Dec 14, 2012: Qubes 2 Beta 1 has been released! [http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2012/12/qubes-2-beta-1-with-initial-windows.html announcement]
 * Feb 28, 2013: Qubes 2 Beta 2 has been released! [http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2013/02/qubes-2-beta-2-has-been-released.html announcement]
 * Mar 21, 2013: Introducing Qubes Odyssey Framework [http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2013/03/introducing-qubes-odyssey-framework.html article]