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# Qubes R3.2 release notes

## New features since 3.1

* Management Stack extended to support in-VM configuration - [documentation](/doc/salt/)
* PV USB - [documentation](/doc/usb/)
* Dom0 update to Fedora 23 for better hardware support
* Kernel 4.4.x
* Default desktop environment switched to Xfce4
* KDE 5 support (but it is no longer the default one)
* 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)

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)

## Known issues

* [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/).

* 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.

## Downloads

See [Qubes Downloads](/downloads/).

## Installation instructions

See [Installation Guide](/doc/installation-guide/).
After installation, [manually upgrade to Fedora 26](/news/2018/01/06/fedora-26-upgrade/).

## Upgrading

### From R3.1

The easiest and safest way to upgrade to Qubes R3.2 is to install it from
scratch and use [qubes backup and restore tools](/doc/backup-restore/) for
migrating of all of the user VMs.

Users of Qubes R3.1 can also upgrade using [this
procedure](/doc/upgrade-to-r3.2/).

### From R3.0 or earlier

When upgrading from earlier versions the easiest and safest way is to install
it from scratch and use [qubes backup and restore tools](/doc/backup-restore/)
for migrating of all of the user VMs.

Alternatively you can [upgrade to R3.1 using](/doc/releases/3.1/release-notes/#upgrading) first, then follow
the instructions above. This will be time consuming process.