Qubes OS Official Website

Canonical URL: https://www.qubes-os.org

This is the main repository for the Qubes OS Project website. Qubes is a security-oriented, open-source operating system for personal computers. It uses virtualization to implement security by compartmentalization and supports both Linux and Windows virtual environments.

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Contents

This repository consists of a Jekyll site and several Git submodules for content:

• qubes-doc (official documentation)
• qubes-attachment (binary files such as images)
• qubes-hcl (Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) reports generated by a YAML version of qubes-hcl-report)
• qubes-posts (news and blog posts)

Instructions

Podman Compose

1. Install podman and podman-compose.

2. Start the Podman daemon, e.g.:

    $ sudo systemctl start podman
   

3. Clone this repo, including all submodules, and enter it:

    $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/QubesOS/qubesos.github.io.git
    $ cd qubesos.github.io/
   

4. Start and run the website:

    $ sudo make
   

5. Open your browser and navigate to:

    http://127.0.0.1:4000/
   

Notes

• To update the submodules, use git submodule foreach git pull --tags.

• For troubleshooting with RubyGems, see: http://guides.rubygems.org/

• For troubleshooting with Jekyll, see: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/home/

• For troubleshooting with GitHub pages and Jekyll, see: https://help.github.com/articles/using-jekyll-as-a-static-site-generator-with-github-pages/

• To run on a Git post-receive hook, use:

   GIT_REPO=/usr/home/git/repositories/www.qubes-os.org.git
   GIT_CLONE=/usr/home/git/tmp/www.qubes-os.org
   PUBLIC_WWW=/usr/local/www/qubes-os.org/www/
  
   if [ ! -d "$GIT_CLONE" ]; then
       git clone --recursive $GIT_REPO $GIT_CLONE
   else
       git --work-tree=$GIT_CLONE --git-dir=$GIT_CLONE/.git pull
   fi
   cd $GIT_CLONE && jekyll build -s $GIT_CLONE -d $PUBLIC_WWW
  
   find $PUBLIC_WWW -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 666
   find $PUBLIC_WWW -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 777
  
   exit
  

Documentation Guidelines

Our Documentation Guidelines include:

• How to Report Issues
• How to Contribute
• Contribution Suggestions
• Style Guidelines
• Markdown Conventions
• Git Conventions

Please carefully read these guidelines before submitting a pull request.

Dependencies & Third Party Docs

• Jekyll Documentation - template rendering engine
• Bootstrap 3 - styling and CSS structure
• FontAwesome - the icon font throughout the site
• jQuery 1.7 - javascript helper library
• jQuery ToC MD Generator - renders header menu on documentation section

Deprecated Documentation

• qubes-os.org-3.2-EOL.zip contains the state of the Qubes website when Qubes OS 3.2 reached EOL. All you need to browse it is a web browser.
• Here is the state of this repo and all submodules when Qubes OS 3.2 reached EOL:
  • https://github.com/QubesOS/qubesos.github.io/tree/3.2-EOL
  • https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-doc/tree/3.2-EOL
  • https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-hcl/tree/3.2-EOL
  • https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-posts/tree/3.2-EOL
  • https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-attachment/tree/3.2-EOL