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   1 [[!meta date="2013-06-15 14:45:00"]]
   2 [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.19~rc1"]]
   3
   4 <p>You can help Tails! The first (and hopefully only) release candidate for the
   5 upcoming version 0.19 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 0.19~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-i386-0.19-rc1/tails-i386-0.19-rc1.iso"
  24       >Tails 0.19~rc1 ISO image</a>
  25     </p>
  26     <p>
  27       <a class="download-signature"
  28          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/testing/tails-i386-0.19-rc1/tails-i386-0.19-rc1.iso.pgp"
  29       >Tails 0.19~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 0.18?</h1>
  57
  58 <ul>
  59
  60 <li>New features</li>
  61 <ul>
  62         <li><p>Linux 3.9.5-1.</p></li>
  63         <li><p>Unblock Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WWAN and WiMAX; block every other type of wireless device.</p></li>
  64 </ul>
  65
  66 <li>Bugfixes</li>
  67 <ul>
  68         <li><p>Fix write access to boot medium at the block device level.</p></li>
  69         <li><p>tails-greeter l10n-related fixes.</p></li>
  70         <li><p>gpgApplet: partial fix for clipboard emptying after a wrong passphrase was entered.</p></li>
  71 </ul>
  72
  73 <li><p>Minor improvements</p></li>
  74 <ul>
  75         <li><p>Drop GNOME proxy settings.</p></li>
  76         <li><p>Format newly created persistent volumes as ext4.</p></li>
  77         <li><p>GnuPG: don't connect to the keyserver specified by the key owner.</p></li>
  78         <li><p>GnuPG: locate keys only from local keyrings.</p></li>
  79         <li><p>Upgrade live-boot and live-config to the 3.0.x final version from Wheezy.</p></li>
  80 </ul>
  81
  82 <li><p>Localization: many translation updates all over the place.</p></li>
  83
  84 <li><p>Test suite</p></li>
  85 <ul>
  86 <li><p>Re-enable previously disabled boot device permissions test.</p></li>
  87 </ul>
  88
  89 </ul>
  90
  91 <h1><a id="known_issues"></a>Known issues in 0.19~rc1</h1>
  92
  93 <ul>
  94 <li>Due to a regression in live-config, passwordless sudo is enabled by default unless one sets an administration password.</li>
  95 <li>The Unsafe Browser does not work.</li>
  96 </ul>
  97
  98 <p>All these issues are fixed in Git and will be fixed in Tails 0.19.</p>