You can help Tails! The first release candidate for the upcoming version 3.6
is out. We are very excited and cannot wait to hear what you think about it :)
# What's new in 3.6~rc1?
Significant changes since Tails 3.5 include:
* Upgrade Tor to 3.2.9.
* Upgrade Linux kernel to 4.15.0.
* Upgrade Thunderbird to 52.6.0 and enable its apparmor profile.
* Upgrade Electrum to 3.0.6.
* Add support for screen locking, even without administration password.
* Upgrade tails-additional-softwares, which does not block anymore the opening of the Desktop while installing the packages, and is more robust when botting in offline mode.
* Upgrade Tails installer to fix bugs when using it in languages different than english.
* Upgrade OpenPGP Applet, it does not hang anymore when decrypting large text from the clipboard.
Technical details of all the changes are listed in the [Changelog](https
://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/debian/changelog?h=devel).
# How to test Tails 3.6~rc1?
**Keep in mind that this is a test image**. We tested that it is not broken in obvious ways, but it might still contain undiscovered issues.
But test wildly!
If you find anything that is not working as it should, please report to us on
[tails-testers@???](
mailto:tails-testers@boum.org).
Bonus points if you first check if it is a [known issue of this
release](
https://tails.boum.org/news/index.en.html#known_issues) or a
[longstanding known
issue](
https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/index.en.html).
## Upgrade from 3.5
1. Start Tails 3.5 on a USB stick installed using _Tails Installer_ and [set an administration password](
https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/startup_options/administration_password/index.en.html).
2. Run this command in a Terminal to select the "alpha" upgrade channel and start the upgrade:
echo TAILS_CHANNEL=\"alpha\" | sudo tee -a /etc/os-release && \
tails-upgrade-frontend-wrapper
and enter the administration password when asked for the "password for
amnesia".
3. After the upgrade is installed, restart Tails and choose Applications ▸ Tails ▸ About Tails to verify that you are running Tails 3.6~rc1.
## Download and install
You can install 3.6~rc1 by following our usual [installation
instructions](
https://tails.boum.org/install/index.en.html), skipping the
**Download and verify** step.
[Tails 3.2~rc1 ISO image](
http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/alpha/tails-
amd64-3.6~rc1/tails-amd64-3.6~rc1.iso) [OpenPGP
signature](
https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-amd64-3.6~rc1.iso.sig)
[Tails 3.6~rc1 torrent](
https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-
amd64-3.6~rc1.torrent)
# Known issues in 3.6~rc1
We did not discover new issues other than the [longstanding
ones](
https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/index.en.html)
# What's coming up?
Tails 3.6 is [scheduled](
https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/) on March
12.
Have a look at our [roadmap](
https://tails.boum.org/contribute/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/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/test_3.6~rc1/index.en.html
