1 [[!meta date="Mon, 4 Dec 2017 12:00:00 +0000"]]
2 [[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]]
3 [[!meta title="Our plans for 2018"]]
6 As part of our current donation campaign, we recently explained [[why we
7 need donations|many_hands_make_tails]] and [[what we accomplished this
8 year|what_we_accomplished_in_2017]]. Today we are sharing with you some
9 of our plans for the next years:
11 ### Applications and features
13 - **Tails Server**: run onion services from Tails (VoIP chat rooms,
14 collaboration tools, web servers, messaging servers, etc.)
15 ([[!tails_ticket 5688]], [[!tails_blueprint tails_server desc="Blueprint"]]).
16 (Planned for early 2018.)
17 - **VeraCrypt support in GNOME**: graphical utilities to mount VeraCrypt
18 volumes ([[!tails_ticket 11684]], [[!tails_ticket 6337]],
19 [[!tails_blueprint veracrypt desc="Blueprint"]]). (Planned for late
21 - **Graphical interface for the Additional Packages persistent
22 feature**: allow users to customize which applications are available
23 in their Tails ([[!tails_ticket 14568]],
24 [[!tails_blueprint additional_software_packages desc="Blueprint"]]). (Planned for
27 ### User research and support
29 - **Power our help desk with a request tracker** to know better how to
30 help our user base at large ([[!tails_ticket 9803]],
31 [[!tails_blueprint RT_for_help_desk desc="Blueprint"]])
32 - **Web translation platform** We have received a grant from Lush
33 Digital fund to set up a translation platform for our website. This
34 platform shall make it easier for translators to translate our
35 documentation, and to have our website translated into more languages
36 ([[!tails_ticket 10034]]). (Planned for late 2018.)
40 - **Rethink the installation and upgrade process** in depth and reflect
41 on the future of *Tails Installer*, the installation on Windows and
42 macOS, and automatic upgrades ([[!tails_ticket 11679]])
43 - **Give some love to our troubleshooting documentation**:
44 - Our [[known issues page|support/known_issues]] ([[!tails_ticket
46 - Computers with unsupported Wi-Fi devices, very common on Mac
47 ([[!tails_ticket 11683]])
49 ### Resistance to remote exploitation
51 - **Persistent Tor state** to have persistent entry guards
52 ([[!tails_ticket 5462]], [[!tails_blueprint persistent_Tor_state desc="Blueprint"]])
53 - **Persistent seed for random number generator** to have stronger
54 crypto ([[!tails_ticket 7675]],
55 [[!tails_blueprint randomness_seeding desc="Blueprint"]])
56 - **Have critical parts of Tails audited** ([[!tails_ticket 14508]])
58 These are all items that we find important and want to prioritize. But making
59 them a reality will require lots of work, time, and money; on top of all the
60 day-to-day work that we do to simply keep Tails alive.
62 If you want us to get there faster, please take one minute to make a donation.
64 <div class="donate-button"><a href="https://tails.boum.org/donate/?r=ourplans2018">Donate</a></div>