Thank you for notifying on the availability of Qubes R4.3-rc1! I already started testing the new QWT 4.2.1 available there, and the results look very promising, Especially the compatibilty with QWT under Qubes R4.2.4. Apart from some instabilities of the Qubes graphics driver with Windows 11, I see no serious problems with this QWT version anymore. As seamless mode is now running quite satisfactorily under Windows 10, there is clearly an improvement compared to QWT under R4.1.
Could you please close the issue #9102, as it is no longer relevant? Unfortunately, I can't close it myself, as the issue has been locked. Currently I am in the process of updating the documentation of Windows templates and QWT and hope to finish it as soon as the trasition to the new documentation scheme is completed. _____________________________________________________________________ Dr. Gerhard Weck Franz-Rüth-Str. 2d 50374 Erftstadt Tel. 02235/44747 E-Mail: [email protected] _____________________________________________________________________ Am 11.08.2025 um 05:40 schrieb Andrew David Wong: > Dear Qubes Community, > > We're pleased to announce that the first release candidate (RC) for Qubes OS > 4.3.0 is now available for testing. This minor release includes many new > features and improvements over Qubes OS 4.2. > > ## What's new in Qubes 4.3? > > - Dom0 upgraded to Fedora 41 > ([#9402](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/9402)). > - Xen upgraded to version 4.19 > ([#9420](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/9420)). > - Default Fedora template upgraded to Fedora 42 (older releases not > supported). > - Default Debian template upgraded to Debian 13 (older releases not > supported). > - Default Whonix templates upgraded to Whonix 17.4.3 (versions older than > release 17 not supported). > - Preloaded disposables > ([#1512](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1512)) > - Device "self-identity oriented" assignment (a.k.a. New Devices API) > ([#9325](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/9325)) > - Qubes Windows Tools reintroduced with improved features > ([#1861](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1861)). > > These are just a few highlights from the many changes included in this > release. For a more comprehensive list of changes, see the [Qubes OS 4.3 > release > notes](https://qubes-doc--1504.org.readthedocs.build/en/1504/developer/releases/4_3/release-notes.html). > (This is a temporary link to an early preview of the release notes, which > are continually being updated as we progress toward the eventual stable > release.) > > ## When is the stable release? > > That depends on the number of bugs discovered in this RC and their severity. > As explained in our [release > schedule](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/version-scheme/#release-schedule) > documentation, our usual process after issuing a new RC is to collect bug > reports, triage the bugs, and fix them. If warranted, we then issue a new RC > that includes the fixes and repeat the process. We continue this iterative > procedure until we're left with an RC that's good enough to be declared the > stable release. No one can predict, at the outset, how many iterations will > be required (and hence how many RCs will be needed before a stable release), > but we tend to get a clearer picture of this as testing progresses. > > ## How to test Qubes 4.3.0-rc1 > > If you're willing to [test](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/testing/) this > release candidate, you can help us improve the eventual stable release by > [reporting any bugs you > encounter](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/issue-tracking/). You can [upgrade to > Qubes > 4.3.0-rc1](https://qubes-doc--1504.org.readthedocs.build/en/1504/user/downloading-installing-upgrading/upgrade/4_3.html) > with either a clean installation or an in-place upgrade from Qubes 4.2. > (Note for in-place upgrade testers: `qubes-dist-upgrade` now requires > `--releasever=4.3` and may require `--enable-current-testing` for testing > releases like this RC.) As always, we strongly recommend [making a full > backup](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-back-up-restore-and-migrate/) > beforehand and [updating Qubes > OS](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-update/) immediately afterward in > order to apply all available bug fixes. We encourage experienced users to > [join the testing > team](https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/joining-the-testing-team/5190). > > ## Known issues in Qubes OS 4.3.0-rc1 > > Templates restored in 4.3.0-rc1 from a pre-4.3 backup continue to target > their original Qubes OS release repos. This does not affect fresh templates > on a clean 4.3.0-rc1 installation. For more information, see issue > [#8701](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/8701). > > [View the full list of known bugs affecting Qubes > 4.3](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20type%3ABug%20label%3Aaffects-4.3%20-label%3A%22R%3A%20cannot%20reproduce%22%20-label%3A%22R%3A%20declined%22%20-label%3A%22R%3A%20duplicate%22%20-label%3A%22R%3A%20not%20applicable%22%20-label%3A%22R%3A%20self-closed%22%20-label%3A%22R%3A%20upstream%20issue%22) > in our [issue tracker](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/issue-tracking/). > > ## What's a release candidate? > > A release candidate (RC) is a software build that has the potential to become > a stable release, unless significant bugs are discovered in testing. RCs are > intended for more advanced (or adventurous!) users who are comfortable > testing early versions of software that are potentially buggier than stable > releases. You can read more about Qubes OS [supported > releases](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/supported-releases/) and the [version > scheme](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/version-scheme/) in our documentation. > > ## What's a minor release? > > The Qubes OS Project uses the [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/) > standard. Version numbers are written as `<major>.<minor>.<patch>`. Hence, > releases that increment the second value are known as "minor releases." Minor > releases generally include new features, improvements, and bug fixes that are > backward-compatible with earlier versions of the same major release. See our > [supported releases](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/supported-releases/) for a > comprehensive list of major and minor releases and our [version > scheme](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/version-scheme/) documentation for more > information about how Qubes OS releases are versioned. > > > This announcement is also available on the Qubes website: > https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/08/10/qubes-os-4-3-0-rc1-available-for-testing/ > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/eee676e8-012f-8f2b-18d8-c59935a77170%40gmail.com.
