diff --git a/installing/supported-versions.md b/installing/supported-versions.md index 818381a5..bdd2f9a7 100644 --- a/installing/supported-versions.md +++ b/installing/supported-versions.md @@ -39,13 +39,15 @@ The table below shows the OS used for dom0 in each Qubes OS release. | Release 3.2.1 | Fedora 23 | | Release 4.0 | Fedora 25 | -**Note:** Dom0 is isolated from domUs. DomUs can access only a few interfaces, +### Note on dom0 and EOL ### + +Dom0 is isolated from domUs. DomUs can access only a few interfaces, such as Xen, device backends (in the dom0 kernel and in other VMs, such as the NetVM), and Qubes tools (gui-daemon, qrexec-daemon, etc.). These components are [security-critical], and we provide updates for all of them (when necessary), regardless of the support status of the base distribution. For this reason, we consider it safe to continue using a given base distribution in dom0 even after -it has reached end-of-life. +it has reached EOL (end-of-life). TemplateVMs -----------