awesome-qubes-os/README.md

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# A curated list of awesome Qubes OS links

## Table of Contents

- [Qubes OS Websites](#Qubes-OS-Websites)
- [System Requirements](#System-Requirements)
- [Downloading, Installing, Upgrading and Building](#Downloading,-Installing,-Upgrading-and-Building)
- [How-to guides](How-to-guides)
- [Templates](#Templates)
- [Networking Server](Networking-Server)
- [Automation](#Automation)
- [Video & Screen Sharing](#Video-&-Screen-Sharing)
- [Remote-Desktop](#Remote-Desktop)
- [VPN](#VPN)
- [Darknet](#Darknet)
- [Crypto](#Crypto)
- [Videos](#Videos)
- [Security](#Security)
- [Kernels](#Kernels)
- [Unikernels](#Unikernels)
- [Unikernel-like](#Unikernel-like)
- [Exploitation Tools](#Exploitation-Tools)
- [Xen Exploitation](#Xen-Exploitation)
- [VM-Hardening](#VM-Hardening)
- [System](#System)
- [Services](#Services)
- [Advanced Topics](#Advanced-Topics)
- [Qubes OS Legends](#Qubes-OS-Legends)
- [Training](#Training)
- [Companies using Qubes OS](#Companies-using-Qubes-OS)
- [Social media](#Social-media)
- [Contributing](#Contributing)
- [Releases](#Releases)
- [Adventure Further](#Adventure-Further)
- [License](#License)

## Qubes OS Websites
  - [Qubes OS](https://www.qubes-os.org) - Qubes OS is an operating system built out of securely-isolated compartments called qubes.
  - [Qubes OS.onion](www.qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion) - Qubes OS onion address.
  - [Qubes OS docs](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/) - Qubes OS main docs
  - [Qubes OS github docs](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-doc) - Qubes OS github latest docs. 
  - [Qubes OS dev docs](https://dev.qubes-os.org/en/latest/) - Qubes OS dev Docs
  - [Qubes OS News](https://www.qubes-os.org/news/) - Latest Qubes OS News
 
## System Requirements
- [System Requirements](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/system-requirements/)
- [Certified Hardware](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/certified-hardware/)
- [Community-recommended hardware](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/community-recommended-hardware/)
- [Hardware compatibility list (HCL)](https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/)

## Downloading, Installing, Upgrading and Building
  - [Downloading](https://www.qubes-os.org/downloads/)
  - [Qubes OS 4.1](https://www.qubes-os.org/downloads/) - Qubes OS 4.1 Download
  - [Qubes OS 4.1 Weekly Builds](https://qubes.notset.fr/iso/) - Qubes OS 4.1 Weekly Build Download
  - [Installing](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/installation-guide/)
  - [Upgrading](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/upgrade/)
  - [Building](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-builderv2)

## How-to guides
- [How to update](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-update/)
- [How to back up, restore, and migrate](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-back-up-restore-and-migrate/)
- [How to copy and paste text](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-copy-and-paste-text/)
- [How to copy and move files](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-copy-and-move-files/)
- [How to copy from dom0](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-copy-from-dom0/)
- [How to install software](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-install-software/)
- [How to use disposables](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-disposables/)
- [How to enter fullscreen mode](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-enter-fullscreen-mode/)
- [How to use devices](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-devices/)
- [How to use block storage devices](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-block-storage-devices/)
- [How to use USB devices](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-usb-devices/)
- [How to use PCI devices](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-pci-devices/)
- [How to use optical discs](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-use-optical-discs/)

## Templates
- [Templates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/)
- [Template: Ubuntu](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/ubuntu.md)
- [Template: Windows](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/windows/windows-vm.md)
- [Customizing Windows 7 templates](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/customization/windows-template-customization.md)
- [Template: Whonix](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/whonix.md)
- [Template: CentOS](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/centos.md)
- [Template: Gentoo](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/gentoo.md)
- [Pentesting: BlackArch](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/pentesting/blackarch.md)
- [Pentesting: Kali](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/pentesting/kali.md)
- [Pentesting: Parrot](https://www.parrotsec.org/docs/parrot-on-qubesos.html)
- [Pentesting: PTF](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/pentesting/ptf.md)
- [Fedora templates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/fedora/)
- [Debian templates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/debian/)
- [Minimal templates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/minimal/)
- [Customizing Fedora minimal templates](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/customization/fedora-minimal-template-customization.md)
- [Xfce templates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/templates/xfce/)
- [Tips for Using Linux in an HVM](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/linux-hvm-tips.md)
- [Creating a NetBSD VM](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/os/netbsd.md)


## Networking Server 
  - [qubes-network-server](https://github.com/Rudd-O/qubes-network-server) - Turn your Qubes OS into a networking server
  
## Automation
  - [Ansible](https://qubes-ansible.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) - Automation with Ansible

## Video & Screen Sharing
   - [qubes-video-companion](https://github.com/elliotkillick/qubes-video-companion) - Qubes Video Companion is a tool for securely streaming webcams and sharing screens across virtual machines.

## Custom Desktop   
   - [brightness-ajustment](https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/easy-brightness-adjustment/15902/2)
   - [custom icons](https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/where-is-the-most-optimal-place-to-put-custom-folder-icons/15740/3)
   - [suckless dwm](https://github.com/3o14r473/GUIDE_how-to-install-dwm-in-qubesos) - How to install dwm in qubesos
   
## Remote-Desktop
  - [qubes-remote-desktop](https://github.com/QubesOS-contrib/qubes-remote-desktop) - SystemD services for creating VNC server session in dom0 or any qube.
  
## VPN
  - [How To make a VPN Gateway in Qubes](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/configuration/vpn.md) - Qubes includes a number of tools that can make the client-side setup of your VPN more versatile and secure.
  - [Mullvad VPN](https://mullvad.net/en/help/qubes-os-4-and-mullvad-vpn/) - Privacy first VPN provider in Qubes OS.
  - [qubes-tunnel](https://github.com/QubesOS-contrib/qubes-tunnel) - Manage, run, protect VPN connections in Proxy VMs.
  - [WireGuard](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/tree/master/docs/wireguard) - WireGuard: fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel

## Darknet
 -  [Whonix](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Qubes)
 -  [i2p-whonix](https://forum.qubes-os.org/t/temporary-way-to-run-i2p-on-qubes-whonix/15861)
 -  [Lokinet](https://github.com/oxen-io/lokinet) - Lokinet is the reference implementation of LLARP (low latency anonymous routing protocol), a layer 3 onion routing protocol.
 -  [ipfs](https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs) - A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open.
 
 ## Crypto
 - [awesome-desci](https://github.com/DeSciWorldDAO/awesome-desci) - A curated list of awesome Decentralized Science (DeSci) resources, projects, articles and more.
 - [Split Bitcoin Wallet](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/security/split-bitcoin.md)

## Videos
 - [3mdeb](https://3mdeb.com/)
      - [Qubes OS summit 2022: Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkWWz3xGqS8)
      - [Qubes OS summit 2022: Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9GrlQsQc7Q)
      - [Qubes OS-3mdeb mini-summit 2021: Day 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3V_V0Vllas) 
      - [Qubes OS-3mdeb mini-summit 2021: Day 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdDr6TiqF0k)
      - [GPU Virtual Machine (GVM) - An OpenMdev Project (Qubes OS Summit 2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YllX-ud70Nk)
 - [Micah Lee presents “Qubes OS: The Operating System That Can Protect You Even If You Get Hacked”](https://livestream.com/accounts/9197973/events/8286152/videos/178431606)
 - [Explaining Computers presents “Qubes OS: Security Oriented Operating System”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWDvS_Mp6gc)
 - [ninavizz](https://vimeo.com/user1589693) - Qubes OS UX Designer
      - [UX Jackie](https://vimeo.com/541946756) - Qubes OS AppMenu Design Direction. Part of 2020/21 MOSS funded UX work.
      - [UX Bessie](https://vimeo.com/542041258) - Qubes OS AppMenu Design Direction. Part of 2020/21 MOSS funded UX work.
      - [GPU Virtual Machine (GVM) - An OpenMdev Project (Qubes OS Summit 2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YllX-ud70Nk)

## Security
* [Firewall](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/firewall/)
* [Data leaks](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/data-leaks/)
* [Passwordless root access in qubes](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/vm-sudo/)
* [Device handling security](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/device-handling-security/)
* [Anti evil maid (AEM)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/anti-evil-maid/)
* [Split GPG](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/split-gpg/)
* [U2F proxy](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/u2f-proxy/)
* [YubiKey](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/yubikey/)
* [Using Multi-Factor Authentication with Qubes](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/security/multifactor-authentication.md)
* [Split dm-crypt](https://github.com/rustybird/qubes-split-dm-crypt)
* [Split SSH](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/configuration/split-ssh.md)
* [Using OnlyKey with Qubes OS](https://docs.crp.to/qubes.html)
* [Whonix for Privacy & Anonymity](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/whonix.md)
* [Running Tails in Qubes](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/tails.md)
* [Anonymizing your MAC Address](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/anonymizing-your-mac-address.md)
* [Signal](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/privacy/signal.md)
* [Reducing the fingerprint of the text-based web browser w3m](https://github.com/Qubes-Community/Contents/blob/master/docs/configuration/w3m.md)

## Vitualization
  - [awesome-virtualization](https://github.com/Wenzel/awesome-virtualization) - A curated list of awesome resources about virtualization.


## Kernels
  - [eBPF](https://ebpf.io) - eBPF is a revolutionary technology with origins in the Linux kernel that can run sandboxed programs in an operating system kernel.
  - [sel4](https://sel4.systems/) - seL4 is a high-assurance, high-performance operating system microkernel.
  - [OpenXT](https://openxt.org/) - OpenXT is an open-source development toolkit for hardware-assisted security research and appliance integration

## Unikernels
  - [Awesome-unikernels](https://github.com/uniqernel/awesome-unikernels) - Secure, lightweight and high performance approach to application delivery
  - [ qubes-mirage-firewall](https://github.com/mirage/qubes-mirage-firewall) - A unikernel that can run as a QubesOS ProxyVM, replacing sys-firewall.
  - [ClickOS](http://cnp.neclab.eu/projects/clickos) - Efficient network function virtualization platform, optimized for Xen and developed by NEC.
  - [Clive](http://lsub.org/ls/clive.html) - Research project from Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid), developed in Go.
  - [Mini-OS](https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Mini-OS) - Reference kernel distributed with Xen.
  - [HaLVM](https://galois.com/project/halvm) - Port of Glasgow Haskell compiler producing Xen optimized unikernels.

## Unikernel-like
- [Drawbridge](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/drawbridge) - Research prototype platform from Microsoft.
- [Graphene](https://github.com/oscarlab/graphene) - Library OS optimized for Intel SGX.
  
## Exploitation Tools
  - [libvmi](https://libvmi.com/) - LibVMI is a C library with Python bindings that makes it easy to monitor the low-level details of a running virtual machine 
  - [microlibvmi](https://github.com/Wenzel/libmicrovmi) - A cross-platform unified Virtual Machine Introspection API library 
  - [awesome-virtualization](https://github.com/Wenzel/awesome-virtualization) - A curated list of awesome resources about virtualization.
  - [radare2](https://github.com/radareorg/radare2) - Libre Reversing Framework for Unix Geeks
  - [American Fuzzy Lop](https://github.com/google/AFL) - Fuzzing is one of the most powerful and proven strategies for identifying security issues in real-world software
  - [Bonzai](https://github.com/rwxrob/bonzai) - It's like a modular, multicall BusyBox builder for Go with built in completion and embedded documentation support.
  - [codeQL](https://codeql.github.com/) - Discover vulnerabilities across a codebase with CodeQL
  - [joern](https://github.com/joernio/joern) - Joern is a platform for analyzing source code, bytecode, and binary executables. It generates code property graphs (CPGs), a graph representation of code for cross-language code analysis
  - [awesome-fuzzing](https://github.com/cpuu/awesome-fuzzing) - A curated list of references to awesome Fuzzing for security testing. Additionally there is a collection of freely available academic papers, tools and so on.
  - [Volatility3](https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility3) - Volatility is the world's most widely used framework for extracting digital artifacts from volatile memory (RAM) samples.
  - [MemProFS](https://github.com/ufrisk/MemProcFS) - MemProcFS is an easy and convenient way of viewing physical memory as files in a virtual file system.
      
       - [MemProcFS](https://github.com/ufrisk/MemProcFS-plugins) - This repository contains various non-core plugins for MemProcFS - The Memory Process File System.
 
  - [LeechCore](https://github.com/ufrisk/LeechCore) - The LeechCore Memory Acquisition Library focuses on Physical Memory Acquisition using various hardware and software based methods.
  
       - [LeechCore-pluins](https://github.com/ufrisk/LeechCore-plugins) - This repository contains various plugins for LeechCore - Physical Memory Acquisition Library.
  - [memflow](https://github.com/memflow/memflow) - memflow is a library that enables introspection of various machines (hardware, virtual machines, memory dumps) in a generic fashion.
  
       - [qemu_procfs](https://github.com/memflow/memflow-qemu-procfs) - access QEMU Physical memory
       - [Kvm](https://github.com/memflow/memflow-kvm) - kvm memflow connector        
       - [pcileech](https://github.com/memflow/memflow-pcileech) - access pcileech interface
       - [coredump](https://github.com/memflow/memflow-coredump) - access Microsoft Windows Coredump files

## Xen Exploitation
- [Ouroboros: Tearing Xen Hypervisor With the Snake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt3kX94kWcM) 
- [Subverting the Xen hypervisor](https://invisiblethingslab.com/resources/bh08/part1.pdf)
- [Preventing and Detecting Xen Hypervisor Subversions](https://invisiblethingslab.com/resources/bh08/part2.pdf)
- [Bluepilling the Xen Hypervisor](https://invisiblethingslab.com/resources/bh08/part3.pdf)
- [XenPwn: Breaking paravirtualized devices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxz8MzE3QME) - [[Slide]](https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Wilhelm-Xenpwn-Breaking-Paravirtualized-Devices-wp.pdf)
- [Advanced Exploitation: Xen Hypervisor VM Escape ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ld5CiInrcI)
- [Xen exploitation part 1: XSA-105, from nobody to root](https://blog.quarkslab.com/xen-exploitation-part-1-xsa-105-from-nobody-to-root.html)
- [Xen exploitation part 2: XSA-148, from guest to host](https://blog.quarkslab.com/xen-exploitation-part-2-xsa-148-from-guest-to-host.html)
- [Blackhat 2010 - Hacking the Hypervisor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTC9x5hYYFo&t=3s)
- [Software Attacks on Hypervisor Emulation of Hardware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4DnlP88D2Y) - [[Slides]](https://www.troopers.de/downloads/troopers17/TR17_Attacking_hypervisor_through_hardwear_emulation.pdf)
- [Lessons Learned from Eight Years of Breaking Hypervisors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJWJjb0uxXE) - [[Slides]](https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-14/materials/eu-14-Wojtczuk-Lessons-Learned-From-Eight-Years-Of-Breaking-Hypervisors.pdf)
- [Attacking Hypervisors Using Firmware And Hardware](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyW3eTobXAI) - [[Slides]](http://c7zero.info/stuff/AttackingHypervisorsViaFirmware_bhusa15_dc23.pdf)
- [The Arms Race Over Virtualization](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWvg7NKwOjg) - [[Slides]](https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-16/materials/us-16-Luan-Ouroboros-Tearing-Xen-Hypervisor-With-The-Snake.pdf)
- [Glitches in the Matrix – Escape via NMI](https://www.cpl0.com/blog/?p=46)
- [Hypervisor Vulnerability Research - State of the Art](https://alisa.sh/slides/HypervisorVulnerabilityResearch2020.pdf)


## VM-Hardening
  - [Qubes-VM-hardening](https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-VM-hardening)
  - [Kicksecure](https://www.kicksecure.com/wiki/Kicksecure-Qubes_Security)
  - [qcrypt](https://github.com/3hhh/qcrypt)
  

## System
- [Architecture](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/architecture/)
- [Security design goals](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/security-design-goals/)
- [Security-critical code](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/security-critical-code/)
- [Qubes core admin](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qubes-core-admin/)
- [Qubes core admin client](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qubes-core-admin-client/)
- [Qubes core stack](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qubes-core-stack/)
- [GUI virtualization](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/gui/)
- [Networking](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/networking/)
- [Template implementation](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template-implementation/)
- [Storage pools](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/storage-pools/)
- [Audio virtualization](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/audio-virtualization/)
- [Template manager](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template-manager/)

## Services
- [Inter-qube file copying (qfilecopy)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qfilecopy/)
- [Qubes memory manager (qmemman)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qmemman/)
- [Dom0 secure updates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/dom0-secure-updates/)
- [Qrexec: secure communication across domains](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qrexec/)
- [Qrexec: Qubes RPC internals](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qrexec-internals/)
- [Qrexec: socket-based services](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qrexec-socket-services/)
- [Admin API](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/admin-api/)


## Advanced Topics
- [How to install software in dom0](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/how-to-install-software-in-dom0/)
- [Volume backup and revert](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/volume-backup-revert/)
- [Standalones and HVMs](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/standalones-and-hvms/)
- [Windows qubes](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows/)
- [Config files](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/config-files/)
- [Secondary storage](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/secondary-storage/)
- [RPC policies](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/rpc-policy/)
- [USB qubes](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/usb-qubes/)
- [Managing qube kernels](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/managing-vm-kernels/)
- [Salt (management software)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/salt/)
- [Disposable customization](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/disposable-customization/)
- [Installing contributed packages](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/installing-contributed-packages/)
- [How to make any file persistent (bind-dirs)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/bind-dirs/)
- [GUI configuration](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/gui-configuration/)
- [Resize disk image](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/resize-disk-image/)
- [Qubes service](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/qubes-service/)
- [How to mount a Qubes partition from another OS](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/mount-from-other-os/)
- [KDE (desktop environment)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/kde/)
- [i3 (window manager)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/i3/)
- [AwesomeWM (window manager)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/awesomewm/)

## Qubes OS Legends
- [Joanna Rutkowska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_Rutkowska)
- [Marek Marczykowski-Górecki](https://github.com/marmarek)
- [unman](https://github.com/unman?tab=repositories)
    - [templates](https://qubes.3isec.org/Templates_4.1/)
- [Core Team](https://www.qubes-os.org/team/#core-team)
- You can be one to! You got this! Keep Qubing!

## Training
- [xn0px90](https://patreon.com/xn0px90)

## Streamers
- [xn0px90](https://twitch.tv/xn0px90) - Your's::Trully!::First::Full::Time::Info::Sec::Qubes::OS::streamer!
- [infosecstreams](https://infosecstreams.com/) -A (hopefully) actively maintained activity-based-autosorted list of InfoSec Streamers 

## Companies using Qubes OS
 - [Qubes Partners](https://www.qubes-os.org/partners/) - The Qubes Project relies greatly on the generous support of the organizations, companies, and individuals who have become Qubes Partners 

## Social media
The Qubes OS Project has a presence on the following social media platforms:
- [Forum](https://forum.qubes-os.org/)
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/QubesOS)
- [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Qubes/)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/QubesOS/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/qubes-os/)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/YMUbTt7ZRG)
- [Matrix Discord Bridge](https://matrix.to/#/#qubes-os-discord-bridge-v2:matrix.org)
- [Matrix:Qubes OS](https://matrix.to/#/#cybersec-qubes_os:matrix.org)
- [ClubHouse](https://www.clubhouse.com/house/qubes-os)
- `#qubes` channel on libera.chat via traditional IRC clients
- `#qubes-os` channel on irc.anonops.com via traditional IRC clients

## Contributing
Contribution guidelines can be found [here](https://github.com/xn0px90/Awesome-Qubes-OS/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)

## Releases

- [Supported releases](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/supported-releases/)
- [Testing new releases and updates](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/testing/)
- [Release notes](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/releases/notes/)
- [Release schedules](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/releases/schedules/)

## Adventure Further
- [Adventures start here --->](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome) - All the awesome list.
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