1 [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.22.1~rc1"]]
3 [[!meta date="2014-01-11 00:18:00"]]
5 You can help Tails! The first release candidate for the upcoming version
6 0.22.1 is out. Please test it and see if it works for you.
10 How to test Tails 0.22.1~rc1?
11 =============================
13 1. **Keep in mind that this is a test image.** We have made sure
14 that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain
17 2. Either try the <a href="#automatic_upgrade">automatic upgrade</a>, or
18 download the ISO image and its signature:
20 <a class="download-file" href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/alpha/tails-i386-0.22.1~rc1/tails-i386-0.22.1~rc1.iso" >Tails 0.22.1~rc1 ISO image</a>
22 <a class="download-signature"
23 href="https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-0.22.1~rc1.iso.sig">Tails 0.22.1~rc1 signature</a>
25 1. [[Verify the ISO image|download#verify]].
27 1. Have a look at the list of <a href="#known_issues">known issues
28 of this release</a> and the list of [[longstanding known
29 issues|support/known_issues]].
33 If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to
34 us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a
35 <a href="#known_issues">known issue of this release</a> or a
36 [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].
38 <div id="automatic_upgrade"></a>
40 How automatically upgrade from 0.22?
41 ====================================
43 These steps allow you to automatically upgrade a device installed with <span
44 class="application">Tails Installer</span> from Tails 0.22 to Tails 0.22.1~rc1.
46 1. Start Tails 0.22 and [[set an administration
47 password|doc/first_steps/startup_options/administration_password]].
49 2. Run this command in a <span class="application">Root
50 Terminal</span> to select the "alpha" upgrade channel:
51 <pre><code>echo TAILS_CHANNEL=\"alpha\" >> /etc/os-release</code></pre>
53 3. Run this command in a <span class="application">Root
54 Terminal</span> to install the latest version of <span
55 class="application">Tails Upgrader</span>:
57 echo "deb http://deb.tails.boum.org/ 0.22.1-rc1 main" \
58 > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tails-0.22-rc1.list && \
59 sed -i -e '/tor-0.2.4.x-squeeze/ d' \
60 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/torproject.list &&
62 apt-get install tails-iuk
64 4. Choose <span class="menuchoice">
65 <span class="guimenu">Applications</span> ▸
66 <span class="guisubmenu">Tails</span> ▸
67 <span class="guimenuitem">Tails Upgrader</span>
69 to start <span class="application">Tails Upgrader</span>.
71 5. Accept <span class="application">Tails Upgrader</span>'s proposal
72 to upgrade to Tails 0.22.1~rc1.
74 6. Wait while the upgrade is downloaded and applied.
76 7. Restart the system when advised to do so.
78 8. Once the system is restarted, choose
79 <span class="menuchoice">
80 <span class="guimenu">System</span> ▸
81 <span class="guimenuitem">About Tails</span>
83 to confirm that the running system is now Tails 0.22.1~rc1.
85 What's new since 0.22?
86 ======================
89 - Update NSS to 3.14.5-1~bpo60+1.
92 - Check for upgrades availability using Tails Upgrader, and propose to apply an incremental upgrade whenever possible.
93 - Install Linux 3.12 (3.12.6-2).
96 - Fix the keybindings problem introduced in 0.22.
97 - Fix the Unsafe Browser problem introduced in 0.22.
98 - Use IE's icon in Windows camouflage mode.
99 - Handle some corner cases better in Tails Installer.
102 - Update Tor Browser to 24.2.0esr-1+tails1.
103 - Update Torbutton to 1.6.5.3.
104 - Do not start Tor Browser automatically, but notify when Tor is ready.
105 - Import latest Tor Browser prefs.
106 - Many user interface improvements in Tails Upgrader.
108 See the <a href="https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/debian/changelog?h=stable">online
109 Changelog</a> for technical details.
111 <a id="known_issues"></a>
113 Known issues in 0.22.1~rc1
114 ==========================
116 - The memory erasure on shutdown [[!tails_ticket 6460 desc="does not work on