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Release Notes

Release Highlights​

Notes on Latest Release ~ check here

Downstream fixes for Quickemu​

Available via qqX's freebird or in the qqX code itself

  • The July 2025 release features a huge new upgrade for QuickGet > fixes, sorts and adds over 25 distros

  • The use of floatversion allows multiple distro downloads not available in Quickemu

Whilst July 2024

  • Fixes problems causing Intel processors to run MacOS very slowly

  • Fixes the problem where telescoped/nested VM grind to a halt

  • Windows language fixes mean that all the downloads work, not just English

And March 2025

  • Fixes the Quickemu Windows Installer issue #1475

Release Detail​

Notes on Latest Release ~ here

Release 1.11​

@ Nov 27th - 1.11.0.2

Release 1.12​

@ Feb 23 - 1.12.0

  • Distro storage size analysis and size disparity checks

new size-ui

  • And extended stop, start and resume for downloads

stop-start-resume

@ March 14 - 1.12.01

@ March 28 - 1.12.02

  • Distro finder for searching large distro collections

@ April 17 - 1.12.04

And updates Quickget with downstream distro fixes for:

  • AntiX, Freedos, Garuda, Kolibri, Oracle, Parrot Sec, PC Linux

@ Apr 25 - 1.12.05

  • Adds upstream fix for Bazzite

Plus downsteam fixes for :

  • Fedora 42 KDE, VanillaOS, VX

@ May 2 - 1.12.06

  • Adds fixes for QuickEmu and new Qemu version 10.0.0
  • Improves UI for dependency checker

@ May 2 - 1.12.07

  • Adds several downstream fixes: Solus, Parrot, Sparky
  • Adds Nobara and a few UI improvents

Full details in releases and commits

Latest​

@ July 6 - 1.13.01

Huge new upgrade for QuickGet, adds Mods overlay script

  • Makes for much easier downstream fixes and for easier community contributions.

  • Fixes and sorts no less than 26 distros (see commits list from june 4th to july 6th for full details)

Distros sorted, fixed or added, in reverse commit order:

  • AnduinOS, BlueStar, Fedora, NixOS, ClearLinux, Artix, ArcoLinux, EasyOS,
  • Void, Slint, Sparky, Blend, ParrotSec, Bodhi, Athena, Guix, GnomeOS, Spiral,
  • Mageia, Manjaro, openSUSE, Kolibri, HoloIso, KDE Neon, MxLinux, TrueNAS.

Also adds in a FAST new Checksum and Iso check routine:

quickget --version
4.9.7

quickget --check opensuse
FAIL: opensuse-16.0                       https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/16.0/iso/openSUSE-Leap-16.0-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
PASS: opensuse-15.6                       https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
PASS: opensuse-15.5                       https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.5/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.5-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
PASS: opensuse-15.4                       https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.4/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.4-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
PASS: opensuse-15.3                       https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.3/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.3-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
PASS: opensuse-15.2                       https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.2/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.2-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
PASS: opensuse-15.1                       https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.1/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.1-DVD-x86_64.iso
PASS: opensuse-15.0                       https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.0/iso/openSUSE-Leap-15.0-DVD-x86_64.iso
FAIL: opensuse-aeon                       https://mirrorcache.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/appliances/iso/opensuse-aeon.x86_64.iso
PASS: opensuse-microos                    https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-MicroOS-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso
PASS: opensuse-tumbleweed                 https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso

quickget --version
4.9.7
qqX.builtins/freespirit$ ./quickget --version
FS 4.9.8.06

qqX.builtins/freespirit$ ./quickget --full-check opensuse

Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-leap-Gnome             https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/live/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-GNOME-Live-x86_64-Media.iso  585cf7cfe23454324ff188b95c01bdcb26e7dd3dc139389cfe8e8b0705c3e089
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-leap-KDE               https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/live/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-KDE-Live-x86_64-Media.iso  8b386e4fc04b6921b35302464b4f60ca2a8835f8a40b749b7e8eb995625c793f
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-leap-XFCE              https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/live/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-XFCE-Live-x86_64-Media.iso  5fa12124b87b36de79323d2a53c63087d1b87b9f58afc404bb656c0b14a64581
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-leap-Rescue            https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/live/openSUSE-Leap-15.6-Rescue-CD-x86_64-Media.iso  4d6cb3b937af3c44f3e10e097b38fe390bf07f576062f1059188e84dd3ee9462
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-leap-micro-current     https://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap-micro-current/product/iso/openSUSE-Leap-6.1-x86_64-Current.iso  0fb4f6d628563c63443ffb4dd2e42e6d45f0a7f9e6e6f2611e1208717cbb26be
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-slowroll-DVD           https://download.opensuse.org/slowroll/iso/openSUSE-Slowroll-DVD-x86_64-Build33.3-Media.iso  a2fe4344f459f5d9b02e43c991ba82e0d6fbaf139e9754a015ce0ebe23dcfe4b
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-tumbleweed-DVD         https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-DVD-x86_64-Current.iso  a251a3a044ead89481410865307a6e8373c36921cd800a369f942f2bf9df8d71
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-tumbleweed-Gnome       https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-GNOME-Live-x86_64-Current.iso  34f6131af8795304f3410335671a2f7b4f12a76adf1b802d90a7f274d346059f
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-tumbleweed-KDE         https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE-Live-x86_64-Current.iso  6a3da08a14f3df1fcc66da6249f87c97355914e7c447e38dadaf8e6897a519b2
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-tumbleweed-XFCE        https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-XFCE-Live-x86_64-Current.iso  37183f2249cca0caf85fec6f109d5b0377cbfecb74b7a6c7684ccd01ce49bb40
Checksum: PASS   Iso: PASS   opensuse-tumbleweed-Rescue      https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Rescue-CD-x86_64-Current.iso  2f34739867111ec8259ee5c704c664bb71ad88db62fc4d115801ab89f10cc820
  • Plus adds in a new listing filter feature to sort distros by type eg. server, gaming etc

quickget-filter-lists

  • Shares love to new users and focused single-distro users by auto-opening to "their" distro, when only one distro has been installed

  • And adds fixes for qqX right click and Text Editor issues in Gnome

gnome-text-edit-fix

Creative differences​

There are always creative differences within projects.

The Quickemu project is no exception and the growing count of developers that walked away during 2024 should not affect you as a user.

Relationship with Quickemu​

More independence means that you get a faster moving program that is not being held back.

Meanwhile, qqX will continue to support virtual machines that have been created using QuickEmu or QuickGUI.

qqX-on-the-quickemu-wiki

There used to be a qqx listing on the Quickemu wiki pages but things need to move on and need to evolve.