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   1 [[!meta date="2013-01-19 23:45:60 +0200"]]
   2 [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.17~rc1"]]
   3
   4 <p>You can help Tails! The <em>first</em> release candidate for the upcoming
   5 version 0.17 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 0.17~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-i386-0.17-rc1/tails-i386-0.17-rc1.iso"
  24       >Tails 0.17~rc1 ISO image</a>
  25     </p>
  26     <p>
  27       <a class="download-signature"
  28          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/testing/tails-i386-0.17-rc1/tails-i386-0.17-rc1.iso.pgp"
  29       >Tails 0.17~rc1 signature</a>
  30     </p>
  31   </li>
  32   <li>
  33     <p>
  34       [[Verify the ISO image|download#index3h1]].
  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 0.16?</h1>
  57
  58 <ul>
  59   <li>New features
  60      <ul>
  61        <li>Install the KeePassX password manager.</li>
  62      </ul>
  63   </li>
  64   <li>Iceweasel
  65      <ul>
  66        <li>Ugrade to Iceweasel 17.0.2esr-1+tails2~bpo60+1.</li>
  67        <li>Install xul-ext-adblock-plus from squeeze-backports.</li>
  68        <li>Do not allow listing all available fonts.</li>
  69        <li>Fix default spellchecker.</li>
  70        <li>Disable the add-ons automatic update feature.</li>
  71        <li>Remove NoScript click-to-play confirmation.</li>
  72        <li>Sync some prefs set by Torbutton, to be ready when it stops setting these.</li>
  73        <li>Disable navigation timing.</li>
  74        <li>Disable SPDY.</li>
  75        <li>More aggressive iceweasel HTTP pipelining settings.</li>
  76        <li>Enable WebGL (as click-to-play only).</li>
  77        <li>Disable network.http.connection-retry-timeout.</li>
  78        <li>Disable full path information for plugins.</li>
  79        <li>Remove NoScript blocks of WebFonts.</li>
  80        <li>Disable DOM storage in Torbutton.</li>
  81        <li>Synchronize iceweasel's general.useragent.override with TBB based on FF17.</li>
  82        <li>Explicitly disable AdBlock Plus "correct typos" feature.</li>
  83      </ul>
  84   </li>
  85   <li>Minor improvements
  86      <ul>
  87        <li>Upgrade to live-boot 3.0~b11-1 and live-config 3.0.12-1.</li>
  88        <li>Check for errors when sourcing live-boot files, e.g. to detect when they have been renamed upstream.</li>
  89        <li>Avoid doubled "quiet" kernel command-line parameter.</li>
  90     </ul>
  91   </li>
  92   <li>Bugfixes
  93     <ul>
  94        <li>Use the regular GnuPG agent + pinentry-gtk2 instead of Seahorse as a GnuPG agent. This fixes usage of OpenPGP in Claws Mail, and brings support for OpenPGP smartcards.</li>
  95        <li>Enable I2P hidden mode. Else, killing I2P ungracefully is bad for the I2P network.</li>
  96        <li>live-persist: move error() function before the first potential usecase.</li>
  97     </ul>
  98   </li>
  99   <li>Hardware support
 100     <ul>
 101        <li>Install recent Intel and AMD microcode.</li>
 102        <li>Install firmware loader for Qualcomm Gobi USB chipsets.</li>
 103        <li>Upgrade barry to 0.18.3-5~bpo60+1.</li>
 104     </ul>
 105   </li>
 106   <li>Build system
 107     <ul>
 108        <li>Remove APT local cache.</li>
 109     </ul>
 110   </li>
 111 </ul>
 112
 113 <h1><a id="known_issues"></a>Known issues in 0.17~rc1</h1>
 114
 115 <ul>
 116   <li>
 117      Disabling DOM storage in the Tails web browser makes is appear slightly
 118      differently from the alpha Torbrowser (based on Firefox 17). This will be
 119      fixed in a future version once we [[use the same DOM storage patches and
 120      settings|todo/iceweasel_DOM_storage_isolation]] as the Torbrowser.
 121   </li>
 122 </ul>