[tails-news] Tails 2.5 is out

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This release fixes [many security issues](https://tails.boum.org/security/Numerous_security_holes_in_2.4/index.en.html) and users should upgrade as soon as possible.

# Changes

## New features

## Upgrades and changes

* Update _Tor Browser_ to 6.0.3, based on _Firefox_ 45.3.

* Upgrade _Icedove_ to 45.1. ([#11530](https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11530))

## Fixed problems

* The automatic account configuration of _Icedove_ used to freeze when connecting to some email providers. ([#11486](https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11486))

* In some cases sending an email with _Icedove_ used to result in the error: "The message could not be sent using Outgoing server (SMTP) mail.riseup.net for an unknown reason." ([#10933](https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/10933))

* A spurious error message used to sometimes appear when creating an account in _Icedove_ and providing its password. ([#11550](https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11550))

* Fix some time synchronization problems, by replacing obsolete and unreliable servers, and decreasing a timeout. ([#11577](https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11577))

* [KVM virtual machines](https://tails.boum.org/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/virt-manager/index.en.html) with QXL video: vastly improve graphics performance and fix visual artifacts in _Tor Browser_. ([#11500](https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11500), [#11489](https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11489))

For more details, read our [changelog](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/debian/changelog).

# Known issues

See the list of [long-standing issues](https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/index.en.html).

# Get Tails 2.5

* To install, follow our [installation instructions](https://tails.boum.org/install/index.en.html).

* To upgrade, an automatic upgrade is available from 2.4 to 2.5.

If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if you fail to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a [manual upgrade](https://tails.boum.org/upgrade/index.en.html).

* [Download Tails 2.5.](https://tails.boum.org/install/download/index.en.html)

# What's coming up?

Tails 2.6 is [scheduled](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/) for September 13.

Have a look at our [roadmap](https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/tails/roadmap) to see where we are heading to.

We need your help and there are many ways to [contribute to Tails](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/index.en.html) ([donating](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/how/donate/index.en.html) is only one of them). Come [talk to us](https://tails.boum.org/about/contact/index.en.html#tails-dev)!

URL: https://tails.boum.org/news/version_2.5/index.en.html