On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 7:38:59 PM UTC-4, Francesco wrote: > On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Eric Duncan <edunc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 1:27:19 PM UTC-4, cooloutac wrote: > > > > > > upgrading to the latest release from previous version didn't go well for > > me. There are instructions on how to do so and maybe I did something wrong. > > But I had to reinstall fresh and restore backups which went smooth. > > > > > > Most Qubes users are paranoids and probably wipe their drive occasionally > > anyways. > > > > > > I wouldn't consider Qubes a rolling release Its one big huge version > > update. Next Qubes version I think will be 4.0. > > > > Yeah, I don't plan to upgrade. This will be another clean install. > > > > That's what I am trying to get.. 4.0, or the latest "tip" of Qubes that > everyone is using for development and submitting updated packages for. > > > > Would I get "4.0" from just a fresh install, and then enabling the > Testing/SecurityTesting repos and upgrading? > > > > Or, is Qubes not setup to roll the latest from a tip? But instead, there are > separate branches for each release (3.1, 3.2, 4.0, etc) and a "Testing" > branch for each one of them? > > > > That's kind of how Kali used to do it (I think) which annoyed some of us that > wanted to contribute, but our contributions got lost in the older versions or > wasn't merged to the latest branches, etc. Then Kali switched to Rolling > releases, with a single Tip/Testing branch - and snapshots (with branches) > for official releases. > > > > > > > > Ps: Heh, paranoids - wiping often. I did that a lot w/Windows, mostly cause > of instability after 6mos. > > > > > > Rolling releases work well with more mature systems like Arch. But each new > major version of Qubes included important architectural changes. So what > could be passed easily to the next was only the backup of applVMs. > > > Also these major changes were mostly motivated by security reasons. So why > keep something that was generated in a less secure environment? > > Best > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qubes-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to qubes-users...@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to qubes...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/0b19516a-f1cb-490c-bbdf-e369ea769355%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
I just wiped my drive and reinstalled qubes, is pretty effortless and quick on an i5 and ssd. backing up 1 or 2 dozen vms. one with lots of pics and videos, encrypted drive, then installing and restoring it less then an hour for sure. felt like 30-40 mins but it actually was not a whole of gigs. the vm with the media files has the most everything total 60 gb maybe on usb3. I guess just use testing or unstable repos if you want to have the latest for now. I have no idea where to get the beta for 4.0 if thats what you're asking. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/0f26a45a-f258-43e0-ae85-f41829361cf8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
