qubes-doc/developer/releases/4_2/release-notes.md

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New features and improvements since Qubes 4.1

• dom0 updated to Fedora 37 #6982
• Xen updated to 4.17
• SELinux support in Fedora templates #4239
• several GUI applications rewritten, including:
  • applications menu (available as preview in R4.1 too) [#6665], [#5677]
  • global settings [#6898]
  • new qube dialog
  • system updater (https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7443)
• grub.cfg stored in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg in UEFI boot to #7985
• pipewire support [#6358]
• fwupd integration to allow firmware updates [#4855]
• optional automatic clipboard clearing (https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3415)
• official packages built using rewritten qubes-builder (qubes-builderv2), more details at https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/6486

For a full list, including more detailed descriptions, please see here.

Known issues

For a full list of known 4.2 issues with open bug reports, please see here. We strongly recommend updating Qubes OS immediately after installation in order to apply any and all available bug fixes.

Download

See downloads.

Installation instructions

See the installation guide.

Upgrading

The in-place upgrade procedure is not prepared yet (https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/7832). Currently R4.2 can be tested by doing clean installation.

TODO: Please see how to upgrade to Qubes 4.2.