report_2020_05.mdwn

[[!meta title="Tails report for May, 2020"]]
[[!meta date="`Thu, 11 Jun 2020 07:21:15 +0000"]]
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We stand in solidarity with Black people around the world. No justice, no peace.
Please be safe while protesting and also when communicating online.

Releases
========

* [[Tails 4.6 was released on May 5|news/version_4.6]].

* [[Tails 4.7 was released on June 2|news/version_4.7]].

* Tails 4.8 is [[scheduled for June 30|contribute/calendar]].

The following changes were introduced in Tails:

* Update Tor Browser to [[9.0.10.|https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-9010]]

* Add support for Universal 2nd Factor USB security keys.

* Configure persistent volume, Tails documentation, WhisperBack Error Reporting and Tails Installer are now in the submenu of Favorites applications.

* Change the input method for Japanese from Anthy to Mozc.

Code
====

- Onboarded a new maintainer for our Debian packages. Welcome
  [nodens](https://nodens.github.io/resume/)!

* Fixed a [[!tails_ticket 17278 desc="bug"]] that often broke the Additional
  Software feature.

Documentation and website
=========================

- Published a job offer for a [[technical writer|jobs/technical_writer]].
  This is a paid offer for self-employed freelancers.

- Released new [[Home|index]] and [[About|about]] pages. Drawings are by
  [Andrés Fernández Cordón](https://anhdr.es/).

[[!img index/city.svg link="no" alt="" size="300x"]]
[[!img index/camping.svg link="no" alt="" size="300x"]]

- Documented how to include screenshots when [[reporting an error|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting#screenshot]].

- Documented how to [[import OpenPGP
  keys|doc/encryption_and_privacy/gpgapplet#import]] from the *Files*
  browser. ([[!tails_ticket 17183]])

User experience
===============

- Discussed the UX implications of [dropping our time sync
  hacks](https://lists.autistici.org/message/20200520.002000.3f43e667.en.html).

- Discussed possible strategies around the [[!tails_ticket
  17183#note_149643 desc="degrading state"]] of the *Passwords and Keys*
  utility.

Hot topics on our help desk
===========================

1. We saw more problems for Mac computers this month, some users could not use [their keyboard and touchpad](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/13576), and others [could not start Tails](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/13576). If you plan to use a laptop for Tails, try to test it before buying it.

1. Many Electrum users had to restore their wallet as explained in [our documentation](https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/electrum/).

1. Some ATI Radeon cards [have problems to start Tails 4.7](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/17759).

Infrastructure
==============

- Onboarded kibi and emmapeel in the team maintaining our pool of
  mirrors.

Funding
=======

- Received an invitation to submit a full proposal to the [OTF Core Infrastructure
  Fund](https://www.opentech.fund/funds/core-infrastructure-fund/) to
  improve the user experience of [[connecting to
  Tor|blueprint/network_connection]] and using Tails to circumvent
  censorship.

- Improved how corporate donation matching programs and Benevity are
  explained on our [[Donate|donate]] page. ([[!tails_ticket 17698]])

Outreach
========

We are discussing
a [proposal](https://lists.autistici.org/message/20200513.105600.fe3a74d8.en.html)
to make Tails' [[presence in the
Fediverse|https://fosstodon.org/@tails/104105188198142765]] official.

On-going discussions
====================

[[GitLab is now in production|https://lists.autistici.org/message/20200529.160541.cf87071d.en.html]]

Translations
============

## All the website

  - de: 30% (1988) strings translated, 13% strings fuzzy
  - es: 47% (3072) strings translated, 8% strings fuzzy
  - fa: 22% (1474) strings translated, 13% strings fuzzy
  - fr: 84% (5415) strings translated, 8% strings fuzzy
  - it: 28% (1808) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy
  - pt: 22% (1418) strings translated, 9% strings fuzzy

## [[Core pages of the website|contribute/l10n_tricks/core_po_files.txt]]

  - de: 50% (1041) strings translated, 21% strings fuzzy
  - es: 77% (1585) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy
  - fa: 20% (415) strings translated, 15% strings fuzzy
  - fr: 83% (1709) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy
  - it: 50% (1043) strings translated, 20% strings fuzzy
  - pt: 39% (815) strings translated, 14% strings fuzzy


Metrics
=======

* Tails has been started more than 981 624 times this month. This makes 31 665 boots a day on average.

[[How do we know this?|support/faq#boot_statistics]]