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Tails Linux 2.5 is out (Aug 2, 2016).
Tails is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly.
It is a complete operating system designed to be used from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card independently of the computer's original operating system. It is Free Software and based on Debian GNU/Linux.
Tails comes with several built-in applications pre-configured with security in mind: web browser, instant messaging client, email client, office suite, image and sound editor, etc
= Announcements:
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_2.5/index.en.html
https://twitter.com/Tails_live/status/760516381905448968
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/amnesia-news/2016-August/000110.html
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/760516806587117568
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Useful links:
- Download / Burning Tails on a DVD: (See also: "Direct Downloads")
https://tails.boum.org/install/dvd/index.en.html- Download and verify using OpenPGP:
https://tails.boum.org/install/download/openpgp/index.en.html- Download / and verify the Tails ISO image (#2):
https://tails.boum.org/install/download/- Numerous security holes in Tails 2.4:
https://tails.boum.org/security/Numerous_security_holes_in_2.4/index.en.html- About:
https://tails.boum.org/about/index.en.html- News:
https://tails.boum.org/news/index.en.html- Getting Started:
https://tails.boum.org/getting_started/index.en.html- First steps with Tails:
https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/index.en.html- Documentation:
https://tails.boum.org/doc/index.en.html
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday August 03 2016, @05:06PM
This year we've done stories on the releases of versions: 2.0.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and now 2.5
I agree, it gets way more coverage than it deserves. Further, each new release denounces the past release as being full of security holes.
Still it costs us nothing to cover an OS that at lease tries to be on the user's side.
Frequent security patches says they are at least trying to keep it secure, but it also says they are terrible at spotting any of these holes themselves.
Short of writing the OS from scratch, there is probably no way for the Tails team to find every hole. Maybe basing it on OpenBSD and their obsession with security would make more sense then Debian.
I have Tails on a USB stick, but I've spent far more time installing it than actually using it. I personally see very few use cases for Tails. Unless you frequent public libraries and other sources of borrowed machines, carrying your OS around on a thumb drive provides precious little protection, privacy, or security when everything upstream is increasingly compromised.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.