Tails OS 3.9 Release, The biggest update of Tails this year
The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live distribution with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The project's latest version, Tails 3.9, makes it easier to install additional software when the distribution boots. The new version also supports working with VeraCrypt encrypted storage volumes, along with reading news feeds in Thunderbird
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It includes two new features on which we have been working for more than a year:
- Additional Software
- VeraCrypt integration
This release also fixes many security issues and users should upgrade as soon as possible.
Linux tails OS (3.9) Changelog :
* Major changes- Upgrade Tor Browser to 8.0 (Closes: #15803, #15907).
Notable user-visible changes and relevant details:
· Adjust to the fact Tor Browser 8.0a10 replaces firefox with a wrapper.
· Don't use the bundled copy of libstdc++.so.6, ours is recent enough.
· Drop obsolete Torbutton prefs (Closes: #15706).
· Switch back to 128px icons (Closes: #15081).
· AppArmor profile: take into account new Firefox binary path.
- Upgrade Thunderbird to 60.0 (Closes: #15792).
Notable user-visible changes and relevant details:
· AppArmor profile: patch to avoid conflicting x modifiers for ps(1).
- Upgrade tor to 0.3.4.7-rc (Closes: #15772).
* Security fixes
- Upgrade Linux to 4.17.17-1 and intel-microcode to 3.20180807a.1
This fixes CVE-2018-3620 aka. Foreshadow aka. L1 Terminal Fault
(Closes: #15796).
- Upgrade OpenSSH to 1:7.4p1-10+deb9u4 (DSA-4280).
* Bugfixes
- Fix Totem on Intel graphics cards by inlining the backported mesa
and dri-enumerate abstractions into its AppArmor profile: they are needed
with recent Mesa and libdrm (Closes: #15821). Regression introduced
in 3.9~rc1.
- Fix unlocking "hidden" TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt volumes via GNOME Shell
(Closes: #15843).
- Fix confusing error message when unlocking TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt volumes
(Closes: #15733).
- Revert to Stretch's X.Org nouveau video driver (Closes: #15833).
It seems that the regression brought by the upgraded one
is worse than the improvements reported after our call for testing.
Regression introduced in 3.9~rc1.
- Use the intel X.Org driver for Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620.
- Fix regressions introduced in 3.9~rc1 in/by Additional Software Packages:
· Don't break new empty persistence configuration files creation when
permissions are incorrect (Closes: #15802).
· Fix UX when the user has specified a distribution or version
for a given package in their live-additional-software.conf
(Closes: #15822).
· Don't show installation notifications on upgrade (Closes: #15879).
- Make more Additional Software Packages strings translatable in the
configuration dialog and PolicyKit messages.
* Minor improvements and updates
- Upgrade firmware-nonfree to 20180825-1.
- Update the deb.torproject.org APT repository signing key.
- Unlock VeraCrypt Volumes: add disclaimer (Closes: #15849).
* Test suite
- Update Thunderbird test suite for 60.0 (Closes: #15791).
- Fix various robustness issues.
- Make the Chutney nodes use a higher V3AuthVotingInterval to make client
bootstrap more robust (Closes: #15799).
- Update the Tor Launcher binary path.
- Adjust to the fact "New Circuit for this Site" is now in the site
information and not under the Torbutton anymore.
- Delete unused images.
Whats New features ?
ADDITIONAL SOFTWAREYou can now install additional software automatically when starting Tails.
When installing an additional Debian package from Tails, you can decide to install it automatically every time:
To check your list of additional software packages, choose Applications ▸ System Tool ▸ Additional Software.
VERACRYPT INTEGRATION
To unlock VeraCrypt volume in Tails, choose Applications ▸ System Tool ▸ Unlock VeraCrypt Volumes.
The integration of VeraCrypt in the Files and Disks utilities was done upstream in GNOME and will be available outside of Tails in Debian 10 (Buster) and Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish).
NEWS READING IN THUNDERBIRD
Thunderbird is now the official RSS and Atom news feed reader in Tails.
Liferea will be removed from Tails in version 3.12, early 2019.
Upgrades and changes
Improve the configuration of the persistent storage to make it easier to scroll and consistent with the GNOME guidelines.
INCLUDED SOFTWARE
Update Tor Browser to 8.0, based on Firefox 60 ESR.
- Based on Firefox Quantum.
- New Tor circuit view
- Update Thunderbird from 52 to 60.
- Update Tor to 0.3.4.7-rc.
- Update Electrum to from 3.0.6 to 3.1.3.
HARDWARE SUPPORT
The following updates make Tails work better on recent hardware (graphics, Wi-Fi, etc.):
- Update Linux to 4.17 which also fixes the Foreshadow attack.
- Update the DRM and Mesa libraries to improve support for some graphics cards.
- Update the Intel and AMD microcodes and most firmware packages.
Further information and screen shots can be found in the project's release announcement
