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   1 [[!meta date="2013-05-05 13:45:00"]]
   2 [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.18~rc1"]]
   3
   4 <p>You can help Tails! The first (and hopefully only) release candidate for the
   5 upcoming version 0.18 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.</p>
   6
   7 [[!toc levels=1]]
   8
   9 <h1>How to test Tails 0.18~rc1?</h1>
  10
  11 <ol>
  12   <li>
  13     <p>
  14       <strong>Keep in mind that this is a test image.</strong> We have made sure
  15       that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain
  16       undiscovered issues.
  17     </p>
  18   </li>
  19   <li>
  20     <p>Download the ISO image and its signature:</p>
  21     <p>
  22       <a class="download-file"
  23          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/testing/tails-i386-0.18-rc1/tails-i386-0.18-rc1.iso"
  24       >Tails 0.18~rc1 ISO image</a>
  25     </p>
  26     <p>
  27       <a class="download-signature"
  28          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/testing/tails-i386-0.18-rc1/tails-i386-0.18-rc1.iso.pgp"
  29       >Tails 0.18~rc1 signature</a>
  30     </p>
  31   </li>
  32   <li>
  33     <p>
  34       [[Verify the ISO image|download#verify]].
  35     </p>
  36   </li>
  37   <li>
  38     <p>
  39       Have a look at the list of <a href="#known_issues">known issues
  40       of this release</a> and the list of [[longstanding known
  41       issues|support/known_issues]].
  42     </p>
  43   </li>
  44   <li>
  45     <p>
  46       Test wildly!
  47     </p>
  48   </li>
  49 </ol>
  50
  51 <p>If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to
  52 us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a
  53 <a href="#known_issues">known issue of this release</a> or a
  54 [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].</p>
  55
  56 <h1>What's new since 0.17.2?</h1>
  57
  58 <ul>
  59
  60 <li>New features</li>
  61 <ul>
  62         <li><p>Support obfs3 bridges.</p></li>
  63         <li><p>Automatically install a custom list of additional packages chosen
  64         by the user at the beginning of every working session, and upgrade them
  65         once a network connection is established (technology preview).</p></li>
  66 </ul>
  67
  68 <li>Iceweasel</li>
  69 <ul>
  70         <li><p>Update Torbrowser patches to current maint-2.4 branch (567682b).</p></li>
  71         <li><p>Isolate DOM storage to first party URI, and enable DOM storage.</p></li>
  72         <li><p>Isolate the image cache per url bar domain.</p></li>
  73         <li><p>Torbutton 1.5.2, and various prefs hacks to fix breakage.</p></li>
  74         <li><p>HTTPS Everywhere 3.2.</p></li>
  75         <li><p>Update prefs to match the TBB's, fix bugs, and take advantage of the latest Torbrowser patches.</p></li>
  76         <li><p>Make prefs organization closer to the TBB's.</p></li>
  77         <li><p>Cleanup prefs.</p></li>
  78         <li><p>Update unsafe browser prefs mangling accordingly.</p></li>
  79 </ul>
  80
  81 <li>Bugfixes</li>
  82 <ul>
  83         <li><p>Fixed swapped filenames of tails-{reboot,shutdown}.desktop.</p></li>
  84         <li><p>Only add ClientTransportPlugin to torrc when bridge mode is enabled.</p></li>
  85 </ul>
  86
  87 <li><p>Minor improvements</p></li>
  88 <ul>
  89         <li><p>Set <code>kernel.dmesg_restrict=1</code>, and make <code>/proc/&lt;pid&gt;/</code> invisible and restricted for other users.</p></li>
  90         <li><p>Install gnome-screenshot.</p></li>
  91         <li><p>Don't disable IPv6 on all network interfaces anymore.</p></li>
  92         <li><p>Add a "About Tails" launcher in the System menu.</p></li>
  93         <li><p>Install GNOME accessibility themes.</p></li>
  94         <li><p>Use <emph>Getting started...</emph> as the homepage for Tails documentation button.</p></li>
  95         <li><p>Stop relying on the obsolete <code>/live/image</code> compatibility symlink.</p></li>
  96         <li><p>Disable audio preview in Nautilus.</p></li>
  97 </ul>
  98
  99 <li><p>Localization: many translation updates all over the place.</p></li>
 100
 101 <li><p>Build process</p></li>
 102 <ul>
 103 <li><p>Make Vagrant's build-tails script support Jenkins too.</p></li>
 104 </ul>
 105
 106 <li><p>Test suite</p></li>
 107 <ul>
 108 <li><p>Fix Unsafe Browser test broken by hidepid.</p></li>
 109 </ul>
 110
 111 </ul>
 112
 113 <h1><a id="known_issues"></a>Known issues in 0.18~rc1</h1>
 114
 115 <ul>
 116 <li>A number of Iceweasel prefs are not applied. This can result in a more
 117 fingerprintable web browsing behaviour than usual.</li>
 118 <li>The Iceweasel web browser leaks some browser type information via
 119 JavaScript.</li>
 120 </ul>
 121
 122 <p>All these issues should be fixed in Tails 0.18.</p>