1 [[!meta title="Tails report for October, 2013"]]
2 [[!meta date="Fri, 08 Nov 2013 21:48:13 +0000"]]
3 [[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]]
8 Tails 0.21 [[was released|news/version_0.21]] on October 29.
11 [scheduled](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-September/003718.html)
17 - Tails has been started more than 189 979 times in October.
18 This makes a boot every 14 seconds on average.
19 - 15 226 downloads of the OpenPGP signature of Tails ISO.
20 - 86 reports were received through WhisperBack.
25 - Andres Gomez Ramirez proposed an
26 [initial patch](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003810.html)
27 to warn when caps-lock in on in the Greeter ([[!tails_ticket 5917]]).
28 - We had a low-hanging fruits session [on October 12](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003860.html),
29 and malaparte couldn't stop in the end :)
30 - Some issues were fixed for the migration to
31 Tails Wheezy ([[!tails_ticket 6015]]).
32 - The branch for SD cards support wired via
33 SDIO was merged ([[!tails_ticket 6324]]).
35 work to build Tails with vagrant-libvirt was done
36 ([[blueprint|blueprint/vagrant-libvirt]], [[!tails_ticket 6212]]).
38 branch to use stronger ciphers in GnuPG was prepared
40 - Kevin C. Krinke is [working
41 on](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/kevin/clock/) a clock applet that
42 allows displays local time, while keeping UTC as the
44 - test/fix-detection-of-used-display
46 - feature/Debian-proposed-updates was merged,
47 and reverted after the Squeeze point-release was out.
51 - The ikiwiki setup was
54 fixes to the persistent printers feature were prepared
56 - A web browser resizing bug was [partially
57 fixed](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/torbutton/tag/?id=debian/1.5.2-2)
58 ([[!tails_ticket 6377]]).
59 - Now installing Linux 3.10.x
62 branch to run Vidalia as its own user was polished and
63 merged. Too bad nobody detected at RC stage the regression it
64 brought, that made its way into Tails 0.21. Did we mention you
65 should test our release candidates?
67 to have a consistent path to the persistent volume
68 mountpoint was polished and merged ([[!tails_ticket 5854]]).
69 - The work towards MAC spoofing
71 - Various regressions detected in 0.21~rc1 were fixed in time for the
72 0.21 final release. Not all, unfortunately.
73 - Some initial work was
74 done towards the migration to Torbutton 1.6.x ([[!tails_ticket
75 6371]]) and Firefox 24 ([[!tails_ticket 6370]]).
76 - A [[!debbug 725779 desc="plan"]] was proposed to fix OTR protocol
77 downgrade in Debian Squeeze and Wheezy.
78 - Some build-dependencies for Tails software were uploaded to Debian,
80 [[!debpts libdist-zilla-plugin-test-notabs-perl]],
81 [[!debpts libdist-zilla-plugin-test-perl-critic-perl]] and
82 [[!debpts libdist-zilla-plugin-installguide-perl]].
83 - An initscript for Tahoe-LAFS has been [[!debbug 652003 desc="written"]].
84 - killyourtv volunteered to maintain I2P in Tails.
85 - Incremental updates were worked on.
86 - [[!debpts bilibop]] 0.4.17, 0.4.17~bpo70+1, 0.4.18 and 0.4.19 were
88 - [[!debpts mat]] 0.4-1 and 0.4.2-1 were uploaded to Debian.
89 - A few patches for AppArmor profiles were submitted upstream.
91 Documentation and website
92 =========================
94 - The [[contribute]] section was significantly improved.
95 [[!tails_ticket 6165 desc="More"]] is coming.
96 - The bug reporting workflow
98 - [The first round of cleaning the forum is over!](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003910.html).
99 - The Front Desk role [[was documented|contribute/working_together/roles/front_desk]].
100 - Public meetings notes are now online.
101 - Drafts were proposed to:
102 * [point to newbie-friendly Git
103 documentation](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/mercedes508/tails/log/?h=doc/newbie_git_doc_links).
104 - Documentation was added to explain:
105 * that (almost any) additional software cannot connect without Tor";
107 ([[!tails_ticket 5641]]);
108 * how to make Claws Mail persistence cover email retrieved over POP3";
109 * [that OpenPGP keyring can be made persistent](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/mercedes508/tails/log/?h=doc/gpgapplet_gnupg_persistence)
110 in the OpenPGP applet documentation ([[!tails_ticket 6332]]);
111 * how to use a virtual keyboard.
112 - Some [[!tails_ticket 5797 desc="logo proposals"]] were sent by
113 Andrew Pilkington from Picasso Fish.
114 - A new team proposed to maintain the [translation in
115 German](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-l10n/2013-October/000718.html).
120 - A pbuilder chroot to build Iceweasel 24 was prepared.
121 - A donation of UEFI hardware was proposed by
122 [ThinkPenguin.com](https://www.thinkpenguin.com/) and should be
123 finalized soon. Thank you!
124 - We now have a bot on IRC that displays the description of mentioned
125 tickets. Thank you, weasel!
126 - All our tickets were looked at and triaged.
131 - Adding a [clock](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003762.html)
132 [applet](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003992.html).
133 - [MAC address spoofing](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003835.html)
134 - [Installing caff or monkeysign](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003767.html)
135 ([[!tails_ticket 6338]])
136 - [The future of TrueCrypt implementations in Tails](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003790.html)
137 ([[!tails_ticket 5373]])
138 - [Bitcoin in Tails](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003773.html)
139 - [uVirtus design](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003828.html)
140 - [Making the system partition bigger](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003857.html)
141 - [Timing of the move to FF24](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003885.html)
142 - [Tor Launcher in Tails?](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003935.html)
143 - [Using version instead of release in APT preferences?](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003972.html)
144 - [Roles description for contribute section](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-October/003984.html)
149 - A talk about Tails [was
150 held](http://www.irill.org/events/tails-confidentialite-et-anonymat-pour-tous-et-partout)
151 in Paris. Thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli for organizing it, and to
152 IRILL for hosting it!
157 - We have sent proposals to sponsors Echo and Hotel.
158 - We have been approached for a funding proposal by sponsor Golf.
159 - We read a lot and got in touch with various people to gather enough
160 information to decide if we're going to create a dedicated
161 non-profit organization for Tails, or use another existing one as
164 Press and testimonials
165 ======================
167 * 2013-10-15: [CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15,
168 2013](http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-1310.html) —
169 Bruce Schneier: "One thing I didn't do, although it's worth considering, is
170 use a stateless operating system like Tails. You can configure Tails with a
171 persistent volume to save your data, but no operating system changes are ever
172 saved. Booting Tails from a read-only DVD -- you can keep your data on an
173 encrypted USB stick -- is even more secure. Of course, this is not foolproof,
174 but it greatly reduces the potential avenues for attack."