1 [[!meta title="Call for testing: 1.1~rc1"]]
3 [[!meta date="2014-07-15 18:00:00"]]
5 You can help Tails! The first release candidate for the upcoming version 1.1 is
6 out. Please test it and see if it works for you.
10 How to test Tails 1.1~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. Download the ISO image and its signature:
19 <a class="download-file" href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/alpha/tails-i386-1.1~rc1/tails-i386-1.1~rc1.iso" >Tails 1.1~rc1 ISO image</a>
21 <a class="download-signature"
22 href="https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-1.1~rc1.iso.sig">Tails 1.1~rc1 signature</a>
24 Note that there is no automatic upgrade targetting this release!
26 1. [[Verify the ISO image|download#verify]].
28 1. Have a look at the list of <a href="#known_issues">known issues of
29 this release</a> and the list of
30 [[longstanding known issues|support/known_issues]].
34 If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to
35 us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you first check if it is a
36 <a href="#known_issues">known issue of this release</a> or a
37 [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].
39 What's new since 1.1~beta1?
40 ===========================
42 Notable changes since Tails 1.1~beta1 include:
45 - Don't allow the desktop user to pass arguments to
46 `tails-upgrade-frontend` ([[!tails_ticket 7410]]).
47 - Make persistent file permissions safer ([[!tails_ticket 7443]]).
48 - Set strict permissions on `/home/amnesia` ([[!tails_ticket 7463]]).
49 - Disable FoxyProxy's `proxy://` protocol handler ([[!tails_ticket 7479]]).
52 - Use pinentry as the GnuPG agent, as we do on Squeeze
53 ([[!tails_ticket 7330]]). This is needed to support
55 - Cleanup some packages that were installed by mistake.
56 - Fix emergency shutdown when removing the boot device before login
57 ([[!tails_ticket 7333]]).
58 - Resume support of persistent volumes created with Tails 1.0.1
59 and earlier ([[!tails_ticket 7343]]).
60 - Revert back to browsing the offline documentation using Iceweasel
61 instead of Yelp ([[!tails_ticket 7390]], [[!tails_ticket 7285]]).
62 - Automatically transition NetworkManager persistence setting
63 when upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy ([[!tails_ticket 7338]]).
64 Note: the data is *not* migrated.
65 - Fix the Unsafe Web Browser startup in Windows camouflage mode
66 ([[!tails_ticket 7329]]).
67 - Make it possible to close error messages displayed by the
68 persistent volume assistant ([[!tails_ticket 7119]]).
69 - Fix some file associations, with a backport of shared-mime-info
70 1.3 ([[!tails_ticket 7079]]).
73 - Various improvements to the Windows 8 camouflage.
74 - Fix "Upgrade from ISO" functionality when run from a Tails system
75 that ships a different version of syslinux than the one in
76 the ISO ([[!tails_ticket 7345]]).
77 - Ensure that the MBR matches the syslinux version used by the Tails
78 release it is supposed to boot.
79 - Help Universal USB Installer support Tails again, by include
80 syslinux.exe for Windows in the ISO filesystem ([[!tails_ticket
82 - Improve the Tails Installer user interface a bit.
83 - Enable double-clicking to pick entries in the language or
84 keyboard layout lists in Tails Greeter.
86 See the <a href="https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/debian/changelog?h=1.1-rc1">online
87 Changelog</a> for technical details.
89 <a id="known_issues"></a>
91 # Known issues in 1.1~rc1
93 * Upgrading from ISO, from Tails 1.1~beta1, Tails 1.0.1 or earlier, is
94 a bit more complicated than usual. Either follow <a
95 href="#from_iso">the instructions to upgrade from ISO</a>. Or,
96 burn a DVD, start Tails from it, and use "Clone and Upgrade".
98 * A persistent volume created with Tails 1.1~beta1 cannot be used with
99 Tails 1.1~rc1 or later. Worse, trying this may freeze Tails Greeter.
101 * Does not start in some virtualization environments, such as
102 QEMU 0.11.1 and VirtualBox 4.2. This can be corrected by upgrading
103 to QEMU 1.0 or VirtualBox 4.3, or newer ([[!tails_ticket 7232]]).
105 * The web browser's JavaScript performance may be severely degraded
106 ([[!tails_ticket 7127]]). Please let us know if you are experiencing
107 this to a level where it is problematic.
109 <a id="from_iso"></a>
111 # How to upgrade from ISO?
113 These steps allow you to upgrade a device installed with <span
114 class="application">Tails Installer</span> from Tails 1.0.1, Tails
115 1.1~beta1 or earlier, to Tails 1.1~rc1.
117 1. Start Tails from another DVD, USB stick, or SD card, than the
118 device that you want to upgrade.
120 2. [[Set an administration
121 password|doc/first_steps/startup_options/administration_password]].
123 3. Run this command in a <span class="application">Root
124 Terminal</span> to install the latest version of <span
125 class="application">Tails Installer</span>:
127 echo "deb http://deb.tails.boum.org/ 1.1-rc1 main" \
128 > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tails-upgrade.list && \
130 apt-get install liveusb-creator
132 4. Follow the [[usual instructions to upgrade from
133 ISO|doc/first_steps/upgrade#from_iso]], but the first step.