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   1 [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.22~rc1"]]
   2
   3 [[!meta date="2013-12-02 13:00:00"]]
   4
   5 <p>You can help Tails! The first (and hopefully only) release candidate for the
   6 upcoming version 0.22 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.</p>
   7
   8 [[!toc levels=1]]
   9
  10 <h1>How to test Tails 0.22~rc1?</h1>
  11
  12 <ol>
  13   <li>
  14     <p>
  15       <strong>Keep in mind that this is a test image.</strong> We have made sure
  16       that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain
  17       undiscovered issues.
  18     </p>
  19   </li>
  20   <li>
  21     <p>Download the ISO image and its signature:</p>
  22     <p>
  23       <a class="download-file"
  24          href="http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/testing/tails-i386-0.22~rc1/tails-i386-0.22~rc1.iso"
  25       >Tails 0.22~rc1 ISO image</a>
  26     </p>
  27     <p>
  28       <a class="download-signature"
  29          href="https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-0.22~rc1.iso.sig
  30 "
  31       >Tails 0.22~rc1 signature</a>
  32     </p>
  33   </li>
  34   <li>
  35     <p>
  36       [[Verify the ISO image|download#verify]].
  37     </p>
  38   </li>
  39   <li>
  40     <p>
  41       Have a look at the list of <a href="#known_issues">known issues
  42       of this release</a> and the list of [[longstanding known
  43       issues|support/known_issues]].
  44     </p>
  45   </li>
  46   <li>
  47     <p>
  48       Test wildly!
  49     </p>
  50   </li>
  51 </ol>
  52
  53 <p>If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to
  54 us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a
  55 <a href="#known_issues">known issue of this release</a> or a
  56 [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].</p>
  57
  58 <h1>What's new since 0.21?</h1>
  59
  60 <ul>
  61
  62 <li>Security fixes</li>
  63 <ul>
  64   <li>
  65     <p>Stop migrating persistence configuration and access rights. Instead,
  66     disable all persistence configuration files if the mountpoint has wrong
  67     access rights.</p>
  68   </li>
  69   <li>
  70     <p>Upgrade to NSS 3.15.3 that fixes a few serious security issues affecting
  71      the browser.</p>
  72   </li>
  73 </ul>
  74
  75 <li>Major improvements</li>
  76 <ul>
  77   <li><p>Switch to Iceweasel 24 and Torbutton 1.6.</p></li>
  78   <li><p>Install Linux 3.11-2 (3.11.8-1).</p></li>
  79   <li><p>Incremental upgrades are ready for beta-testing, stay tuned.</p></li>
  80 </ul>
  81
  82 <li><p>Bugfixes</p></li>
  83 <ul>
  84   <li><p>Fix Vidalia startup.</p></li>
  85   <li><p>Disable DPMS screen blanking.</p></li>
  86   <li><p>Fix checking of the persistent volume's ACL.</p></li>
  87   <li><p>Sanitize more IP and MAC addresses in bug reports.</p></li>
  88   <li><p>Do not fail USB upgrade when the "tmp" directory exists on the
  89   destination device.</p></li>
  90 </ul>
  91
  92 <li><p>Minor improvements</p></li>
  93 <ul>
  94   <li><p>Clearer warning when deleting persistent volume.</p></li>
  95   <li><p>Use IBus instead of SCIM.</p></li>
  96   <li><p>Always list optimal keyboard layout in the greeter.</p></li>
  97   <li><p>Fix on-the-fly translation of the greeter in various languages.</p></li>
  98   <li><p>Update I2P to 0.9.8.1 and rework its configuration.</p></li>
  99 </ul>
 100
 101 </ul>
 102
 103 <h1><a id="known_issues"></a>Known issues in 0.22~rc1</h1>
 104
 105 <ul>
 106   <li>
 107     <p>The memory erasure on shutdown [[!tails_ticket 6460 desc="does not work on
 108     some hardware"]], most notably systems with Intel graphics.</p>
 109   </li>
 110   <li>
 111     <p>Tails Installer [[!tails_ticket 6462 desc="fails to list USB stick with
 112     isohybrid Tails installed"]].</p>
 113   </li>
 114   <li>
 115     <p>The browser may [[!tails_ticket 6468 desc="leak the IP on the local
 116     network via WebRTC"]].</p>
 117   </li>
 118 </ul>
 119
 120 <p>All these issues are being worked on and will hopefully be fixed in Tails 0.22.</p>