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# Qubes R3.2 release notes
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## New features since 3.1
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* Management Stack extended to support in-VM configuration - [documentation ](/doc/salt/ )
* PV USB - [documentation ](/doc/usb/ )
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* Dom0 update to Fedora 23 for better hardware support
* Kernel 4.4.x
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* Default desktop environment switched to Xfce4
* KDE 5 support (but it is no longer the default one)
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* Tiling window managers support: awesome, [i3 ](/doc/i3/ )
* More flexible Qubes RPC services - [related ticket ](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1876 ), [documentation ](/doc/qrexec/#service-policies-with-arguments )
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You can get detailed description in [completed github issues ](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues?q=is%3Aissue+sort%3Aupdated-desc+milestone%3A%22Release+3.2%22+label%3Arelease-notes+is%3Aclosed )
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## Known issues
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* [Fedora 23 reached EOL in December 2016 ](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life ). There is a [manual procedure to upgrade your VMs ](/news/2018/01/06/fedora-26-upgrade/ ).
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* Windows Tools: `qvm-block` does not work
* Some icons in the Qubes Manager application might not be drawn correctly when using the Xfce4 environment in Dom0. If this bothers you, please use the KDE environment instead.
* For other known issues take a look at [our tickets ](https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3A%22Release+3.2%22+label%3Abug )
It is advised to install updates just after system installation to apply bug fixes for (some of) the above problems.
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## Downloads
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See [Qubes Downloads ](/downloads/ ).
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## Installation instructions
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See [Installation Guide ](/doc/installation-guide/ ).
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After installation, [manually upgrade to Fedora 26 ](/news/2018/01/06/fedora-26-upgrade/ ).
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## Upgrading
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### From R3.1
The easiest and safest way to upgrade to Qubes R3.2 is to install it from
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scratch and use [qubes backup and restore tools ](/doc/backup-restore/ ) for
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migrating of all of the user VMs.
Users of Qubes R3.1 can also upgrade using [this
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procedure](/doc/upgrade-to-r3.2/).
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### From R3.0 or earlier
When upgrading from earlier versions the easiest and safest way is to install
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it from scratch and use [qubes backup and restore tools ](/doc/backup-restore/ )
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for migrating of all of the user VMs.
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Alternatively you can [upgrade to R3.1 using ](/doc/releases/3.1/release-notes/#upgrading ) first, then follow
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the instructions above. This will be time consuming process.