[[!meta date="Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:45:00 +0200"]] [[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]] [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.15~rc1"]]
You can help Tails! The first release candidate for the upcoming version 0.15 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.
[[!toc levels=1]]Keep in mind that this is a test image. We have made sure that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain undiscovered issues.
Download the ISO image and its signature:
Verify the ISO image.
Have a look at the list of known issues of this release and the list of [[longstanding known issues|support/known_issues]].
Test wildly!
If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a known issue of this release or a [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].
dpkg-vendor return correct information.pcscd and libccid from
squeeze-backports. This is
needed to support, to some extent, some OpenPGP SmartCard readers.DNSPort's own caching is
be good enough.setupcon on X. This call is only needed on the Linux
console, no need to annoy the user with a weird "Press enter to
activate this console" when the open a root shell in a GNOME
Terminal.tails-iuk-get-target-file user to connect to the
SOCKSPort dedicated for Tails-specific software.APT is configured to use the devel distribution on Tails custom
[[APT repository|contribute/APT_repository]]. It should have used 0.15-rc1
instead. The latter provides a stable source for package installation whereas
packages can be uploaded in devel at anytime, without having received
much tests.
If you want to install custom packages, it is recommended that
you first replace devel by 0.15-rc1 in /etc/apt/sources.list before updating the package lists.