[amnesia-news] Tails 0.14 is out

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Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, version 0.14, is out.

All users must upgrade as soon as possible.

Thank you, and congrats, to everyone who helped make this happen!

# Changes

Notable user-visible changes include:

* Tor

    * Upgrade to 0.2.3.24-rc
    * Enable [stream isolation][1]


* Iceweasel

    * Upgrade iceweasel to 10.0.10esr-1+tails1, with anonymity enhancing patches from the TorBrowser applied
    * Fix Iceweasel's file associations. No more should you be suggested to open a PDF in the GIMP


* Hardware support

    * Upgrade Linux to 3.2.32
    * Support more than 4GB of RAM
    * Support more than one CPU core


* Miscellaneous

    * Mostly fix memory wiping at shutdown
    * gpgApplet can now handle public-key cryptography
    * Add a persistence preset for NetworkManager connections
    * Better support setting up persistence on large USB sticks
    * Make boot faster by fixing a read-ahead bug
    * Make shutdown faster by disabling useless scripts


* Localization

    * Custom software is now translated in many more languages
    * Add Japanese input system


Plus the usual bunch of bug reports and minor improvements.

See the [online Changelog][2] for technical details.

# I want to try it / to upgrade!

See the [Getting started][3] page.

As no software is ever perfect, we maintain a list of [problems that affects the last release of Tails][4].

# What's coming up?

Have a look to our [roadmap][5] to see where we are heading to.

Would you want to help? As explained in our ["how to contribute" documentation][6], here are many ways **you** can contribute to Tails. If you want to help, come talk to us!

[1]: https://tails.boum.org/news/../contribute/design/stream_isolation/
[2]: http://git.immerda.ch/?p=amnesia.git;a=blob_plain;f=debian/changelog;hb=refs/tags/0.14
[3]: https://tails.boum.org/news/../getting_started/index.en.html
[4]: https://tails.boum.org/news/../support/known_issues/index.en.html
[5]: https://tails.boum.org/news/../contribute/roadmap/
[6]: https://tails.boum.org/news/../contribute/index.en.html

URL: https://tails.boum.org/news/version_0.14/