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title: Qubes R4.1 release notes
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Qubes R4.1 release notes
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New features since 4.0
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* New qrexec policy format
* Experimental support for GUI running outside of dom0 ("GUI domain")
* Support for audio server running outside of dom0 ("Audio domain")
* Xen 4.12
* Updated dom0 base distribution and templates
* Grub in UEFI mode

You can get detailed description in [completed github issues][github-release-notes]

Known issues
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* 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+4.1%22+label%3Abug)

It is advised to install updates just after system installation to apply bug fixes for (some of) the above problems.

Downloads
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See [Qubes Downloads](/downloads/).

Installation instructions
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See [Installation Guide](/doc/installation-guide/).

Upgrading
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TODO

[backup]: /doc/backup-restore/
[github-release-notes]: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues?q=is%3Aissue+sort%3Aupdated-desc+milestone%3A%22Release+4.1%22+label%3Arelease-notes+is%3Aclosed