1 [[!meta date="Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:34:56 +0000"]]
2 [[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]]
3 [[!meta title="Tails 3.6 is out"]]
6 This release fixes [[many security
7 issues|security/Numerous_security_holes_in_3.5]] and users should
8 upgrade as soon as possible.
16 - You can now lock your screen by clicking on the
17 <span class="button">[[!img lib/network-wireless-encrypted.png alt="Lock" class="symbolic" link="no"]]</span>
18 button in the system menu.
20 [[!img doc/first_steps/introduction_to_gnome_and_the_tails_desktop/system.png link=no alt=""]]
22 - If you set up an [[administration password|doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password]]
23 when starting Tails, you can unlock your screen with your administration
26 - Otherwise, you can set up a password to unlock your screen when locking your
27 screen for the first time.
29 [[!img doc/first_steps/introduction_to_gnome_and_the_tails_desktop/screen-locker.png alt="" link="no"]]
31 - We improved a lot the backend of the [[**Additional Software**
32 persistence feature|doc/first_steps/persistence/configure#additional_software]].
33 Your additional software is now:
35 - Installed in the background after the session starts instead of
36 blocking the opening of the desktop.
37 - Always installed even if you are offline.
40 [pdf-redact-tools](https://github.com/firstlookmedia/pdf-redact-tools/blob/master/README.md),
41 a command line tool to clean metadata and redact PDF files by
42 converting them to PNG images.
44 - An error message indicating the name of the graphics card is now
45 displayed when Tails fails to start GNOME.
47 ## Upgrades and changes
49 - The **Tails documentation** launcher on the desktop now opens the
50 documentation on our website if you are online.
52 - Install drivers for the [[!wikipedia Video_Acceleration_API]] to
53 improve the display of videos on many graphics cards.
55 - Upgrade *Electrum* from 2.7.9 to [3.0.6](https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/3.0.x/RELEASE-NOTES).
57 - Upgrade *Linux* to 4.15.0.
59 - Upgrade *Tor* to 0.3.2.10.
61 - Upgrade *Thunderbird* [52.6.0](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/52.6.0/releasenotes/).
63 We also activated the *AppArmor* profile of *Thunderbird* from Debian
64 to [[confine *Thunderbird* for security|contribute/design/application_isolation]].
66 - Rewrite some internal scripts from shell scripting to Python, thanks
67 to [GoodCrypto](https://goodcrypto-private-server.sourceforge.io/).
71 - Remove the display of debug and error messages when starting.
73 [[!img version_3.5/logs.png link="no"]]
75 - Fix the ISO image selection being unavailable in *Tails Installer* in
76 languages other than English. ([[!tails_ticket 15233]])
78 [[!img version_3.5/broken-file-chooser.png link="no"]]
80 - Fix *OpenPGP Applet* being unresponsive when decrypting a lot of text.
81 ([[!tails_ticket 6398]])
83 For more details, read our [[!tails_gitweb debian/changelog desc="changelog"]].
85 <a id="known-issues"></a>
89 - <span class="application">Tails Verification</span>, our browser
90 extension to verify Tails downloads, is broken in Tails 3.6. Please
91 use it from Firefox, Chrome, or Tor Browser outside of Tails.
92 ([[!tails_ticket 15434]])
94 - <span class="application">Enigmail</span> is unable to download
95 OpenPGP keys for new contacts if you have the
96 <span class="guilabel">GnuPG</span> persistence feature activated. You can still download OpenPGP keys
97 using <span class="application">Passwords and Keys</span>.
98 ([[!tails_ticket 15395]])
100 - This release is not reproducible, due to various python files in /usr/local
101 having different timestamps. ([[!tails_ticket 15400]])
103 See the list of [[long-standing issues|support/known_issues]].
107 - To install, follow our [[installation instructions|install]].
111 - We do not provide automatic upgrades from older Tails installations for
112 this release, as we've hit an old bug while generating the necessary files
113 ([[!tails_ticket 13426]]). You have to [[upgrade manually|doc/upgrade#manual]].
115 If you are doing a manual upgrade from Tails 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, or 3.5, it is only possible to select an
116 ISO image when running Tails in English. For other languages, the
117 file chooser button remains inactive:
119 [[!img news/version_3.5/broken-file-chooser.png link="no"]]
121 To do a manual upgrade from Tails 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, or 3.5, you can either:
123 - Restart Tails in English.
125 - Start <span class="application">Tails Installer</span> in
126 English from the command line:
128 <pre>LANG=en_US tails-installer</pre>
130 - [[Download Tails 3.6.|install/download]]
134 Tails 3.7 is [[scheduled|contribute/calendar]] for May 8.
136 Have a look at our [[!tails_roadmap]] to see where we are heading to.
138 We need your help and there are many ways to [[contribute to
139 Tails|contribute]] (<a href="https://tails.boum.org/donate/?r=3.6">donating</a> is only one of
140 them). Come [[talk to us|about/contact#tails-dev]]!