Tails 7.1: Minor innovations and fixes for the anonymizing Linux
An update for the live system irons out annoying details and updates bundled software.
Notebook with Tails 7.0: Tails 7.1 brings only minor innovations
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The maintainers of Tails have updated the anonymizing Linux live system.
After Tails 7.0, which was released about a month ago, introduced extensive new features – including an upgrade to Debian 13, changes to the GNOME desktop environment, and new tools –, the innovations in version 7.1 are rather modest. However, in line with the Linux OS's focus on anonymity and privacy, security-conscious users should not fail to perform available upgrades promptly.
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Mini-Updates & -Changes
According to release information for Tails 7.1, the new version includes Thunderbird in the ESR (Extended Support Release) version 140.3.0. The developers have updated the integrated Tor Browser to the version released last week, 14.5.8, and the Tor client is version 0.4.8.19.
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Speaking of Tor: anyone who starts the browser in the live system in the future will see an offline site with a search window instead of an online view of the Tails website.
A previously apparently misleading prompt for the admin password has been rephrased, and a warning message that was more irritating than helpful (“Your connection to Tor is not being managed by Tor Browser”) when opening new tabs has been removed.
Update Tails to 7.1
Anyone already using Tails 7.0 can perform an automatic upgrade to 7.1. For switching from earlier versions, there is instructions for manual updates.
Furthermore, as usual, the developers have provided instructions for reinstalling Tails from Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. Those who don't need instructions can directly download the required image for USB sticks and in another version as an ISO image, for example, for burning to DVD or for testing in a VM. (ovw)
