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Qubes OS

Linux distribution
Thing linux_distribution Q7269652

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
Linux distribution
Inception
September 3, 2012, April 7, 2010
Founder
Joanna Rutkowska[2]
Official website
www.qubes-os.org, qubesos4rrrrz6n4.onion, qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfeqv3tg4e3ztknltfxqrymdad.onion
Based on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux[3]
Part of the series
GNU/Linux[4]
Checksum
6cf020c15636805f63b6c33565bbe155be1b1ad85d67759d674540d07328efa339ff0c35cb3d549d09468f280fe42a160f2c03820212571d02f47b34eb0791f5
Copyright license
GNU General Public License, version 2.0[5]
Copyright status
copyrighted
GUI toolkit or framework
KDE Plasma 4, Xfce
Package management system
RPM Package Manager
Platform
x86-64
Public key fingerprint
427F 11FD 0FAA 4B08 0123 F01C DDFA 1A3E 3687 9494, 5817 A43B 283D E5A9 181A 522E 1848 792F 9E27 95E9
Social media followers
1.0k (736–26k, n=7)
Software version identifier
1, 2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0-rc3, 4.0-rc4, 4.0.1-rc2, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.3, Beta 1, 4.0.4, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2-rc1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3-rc1, 4.2.3, 4.2.4-rc1, 4.2.4, 4.3.0-rc1, 4.3.0-rc2, 4.3.0-rc3, 4.3.0-rc4, 4.3.0, 4.3.1-rc1, 4.3.1[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Update method
Yellowdog Updater, PackageKit
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 18
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Qubes OS ws 4-1-2.png ↗
AlternativeTo software ID
qubes-os
Crunchbase organization ID
qubes-os
DistroWatch ID
qubes
FAQ URL
www.qubes-os.org
Facebook username
QubesOS
Freebase ID
/m/0pdp09z
GitHub account
QubesOS
Golden ID
Qubes_OS-B4KMBG
Lemmy community ID
qubesos@lemmy.ca
LinkedIn company or organization ID
qubes-os
Mastodon address
QubesOS@mastodon.social
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778096823
Official forum URL
forum.qubes-os.org, qubes-os.discourse.group
Quora topic ID
Qubes-OS
Subreddit
Qubes
User manual URL
www.qubes-os.org
X (Twitter) username
QubesOS

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Summary

Qubes OS is a Linux distribution[1].

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Origins

Recorded inception include September 3, 2012[26] and April 7, 2010[27].

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  4. [5] ↑ . qubes-os.org. qubes-os.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . blog.invisiblethings.org. Retrieved . blog.invisiblethings.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . qubes-os.org. Retrieved . qubes-os.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com. theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . qubes-os.org. qubes-os.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  23. [24] ↑ . qubes-os.org. Retrieved . qubes-os.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . qubes-os.org. Retrieved . qubes-os.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . theinvisiblethings.blogspot.cz. Retrieved . theinvisiblethings.blogspot.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . blog.invisiblethings.org. Retrieved . blog.invisiblethings.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · S8321414 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Freebase ID → /m/0pdp09z
    Subreddit → Qubes
    Based on → Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    Facebook username → QubesOS
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Software version identifier: 4.3.1"
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