On 12/19/2017 01:04 PM, cooloutac wrote: > On Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 10:05:49 AM UTC-5, Vincent Adultman wrote: >> Hi all >> >> >> >> We were chatting today in IRC about current user expectations and >> experiences with the 4 release candidates. While many are happily testing >> there are indeed some visitors who drop by with the requirement of a daily >> driver stable system, but have some newer hardware than the kernel on the >> current 3.2 iso will support. These users seem to be in a somewhat painful >> position, the bravest are attempting to build their own isos or perform some >> cross install using a machine that will work. Some fail / give up. >> >> >> >> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/supported-versions/ suggests that at some point >> a 3.2.1 release was/is planned, h01ger suggested to me all focus is >> currently on 4, but can I ask: >> >> >> >> 1. What are the current plans for 3.2.1? (if it was planned to be anything >> other than an updated iso) >> >> 2. Regardless of 1. is there a possibility of getting an updated 3.2 iso for >> Christmas, given that some will undoubtedly use the holiday time to try >> Qubes, quite possibly on shiny new hardware :) >> >> >> >> Thanks for your time. >> >> >> >> V > > sounds like an inherent linux problem, not much qubes can do about that.
A number of the problems encountered by people trying to install R3.2 on newer hardware would be avoided if the installation ISO contained a more recent version of the linux kernel. For example, see: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/qubes-users/fE2HCAdF-U0/eLovum3xAgAJ That's what the OP was asking about, if I'm reading it correctly. I completely support and appreciate the work of the Qubes team. I can imagine that updating R3.2 at the same time as finalizing R4 would be asking a lot. But with the extended support for R3.2[1] driven by the new minimum hardware requirements, and also considering the lack of a management GUI, I suspect that the value of a newer R3.2 ISO will become clear. Yes, count me as a technically-savvy person who uses the Qubes Manager GUI continuously. However, the Qubes team should not take this as a criticism. I understand the need to prioritize, and I don't disagree with the decisions that were made. But I do wonder to what extent the lack of a GUI will slow the adoption of R4. [1] https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2016/09/02/4-0-minimum-requirements-3-2-extended-support/ -- 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/d6ee4681-caca-46cb-7243-acb668ce0d05%40zoho.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
