1 [[!meta title="Tails report for January, 2019"]]
2 [[!meta date="`date --rfc-2822` eg. Thu, 08 Feb 2018 07:21:15 +0000"]]
3 [[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]]
10 * [[Tails VERSION was released on MONTH DAY|news/version_VERSION]] ([major|bugfix|emergency] release).
12 * Tails VERSION+1 is [[scheduled for MONTH DAY|contribute/calendar]].
14 The following changes were introduced in Tails VERSION:
16 XXX: Copy the "Changes" section of the release notes, and compact a bit:
18 * Remove lines about software upgrade (that's not Tails itself).
20 * Remove "New features" and "Upgrades and changes" headlines.
21 * Remove line about Changelog.
26 XXX: If you feel like it and developers, foundation team, and RMs don't do it themselves,
27 list important code work that is not covered already by the
28 Release section (for example, the changes being worked on for
31 Documentation and website
32 =========================
34 - We wrote brand new installation instructions using:
36 - [[*Etcher* for Windows|install/win/usb]]
37 - [[*Etcher* for macOS|install/mac/usb]]
38 - [[*GNOME Disks* for Linux|install/linux/usb]]
40 - We wrote how to [[troubleshooting Wi-Fi not
41 working|doc/anonymous_internet/networkmanager]] and which USB Wi-Fi adapters
44 - We documented how to [[disable the automatic screen
45 locker|doc/first_steps/introduction_to_gnome_and_the_tails_desktop#screen-locker]]
46 if you configure an administration password.
48 - We added several entries to our writing style guide:
50 - [[*vulnerability*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#vulnerability]]
51 - [[*HTML anchors*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#anchors]]
52 - [[*update* vs *upgrade*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#update]]
53 - [[*boot* vs *start*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#boot]]
54 - [[*network interface*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#network-interface]]
55 - [[*media*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#media]]
56 - [[*administration password*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#administration-password]]
57 - [[*future tense*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#future-tense]]
58 - [[*earlier* and *later*|contribute/how/documentation/style_guide#earlier]]
63 - We published an [[interview with Bea|blueprint/interviews#Bea]] who is
64 spreading the use of Tails in a grassroots political organization in Latin
67 - We added visual feedback upstream when opening
68 [KeePassXC](https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/2593),
69 [Electrum](https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pull/4997), and
70 [OnionShare](https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/pull/867).
72 - We [evaluated the cost/benefit of solving many small UX
73 improvements](https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/14544#note-75).
75 Hot topics on our help desk
76 ===========================
78 XXX: Ask tails-bugs@boum.org to list hot topics for the last month.
92 - We close our end-of-year donation campaign. We don't have the final numbers
95 - We submitted 2 applications to the NLnet [NGI Zero
96 PET](https://nlnet.nl/PET/) project.
110 XXX: Link to the thread on <https://lists.autistici.org/list/tails-XXX.html>.
112 Press and testimonials
113 ======================
115 XXX: Copy content from press/media_appearances_2018.mdwn
116 This page is continuously updated by tails-press@boum.org, so if
117 it's empty there might be nothing special to report.
122 XXX: Add the output of (adjust month!):
124 sudo apt-get install intltool
125 git checkout $(git rev-list -n 1 --before="September 1" origin/master) && \
126 git submodule update --init && \
127 ./wiki/src/contribute/l10n_tricks/language_statistics.sh
132 * Tails has been started more than BOOTS/MONTH times this month. This makes BOOTS/DAY boots a day on average.
133 * SIGS downloads of the OpenPGP signature of Tails ISO from our website.
134 * 88 bug reports were received through WhisperBack.
136 [[How do we know this?|support/faq#boot_statistics]]
138 XXX: Ask <tails@boum.org> for these numbers.