1 [[!meta date="Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:34:56 +0000"]]
2 [[!pagetemplate template="news.tmpl"]]
3 [[!meta title="Tails 2.0 is out"]]
6 We are especially proud to present you Tails 2.0, the first version of Tails
9 - GNOME Shell, with lots of changes in the desktop environment.
10 - Debian 8 (Jessie), which upgrades most included software and improves
11 many things under the hood.
13 This release fixes [[many security
14 issues|security/Numerous_security_holes_in_1.8.2]] and users should
15 upgrade as soon as possible.
23 - Tails now uses the <span class="application">GNOME Shell</span> desktop
24 environment, in its <span class="application">Classic</span> mode.
25 <span class="application">GNOME Shell</span> provides a modern, simple, and
26 actively developed desktop environment. The <span class="application">Classic</span>
27 mode keeps the traditional <span class="guimenu">Applications</span>,
28 <span class="guimenu">Places</span> menu, and windows list. Accessibility and
29 non-Latin input sources are also better integrated.
31 To find your way around, [[read our introduction to GNOME and the Tails desktop.|doc/first_steps/introduction_to_gnome_and_the_tails_desktop]]
33 [[!img applications_menu.png caption="The desktop and Applications menu" alt="Tails 2.0 desktop with applications menu unfolded" link="no"]]
35 [[!img activities_overview.png caption="The activities overview" alt="Tails 2.0 activities overview" size="512x384" link="no"]]
37 ## Upgrades and changes
39 - Debian 8 upgrades most included software, for example:
40 - Many core GNOME utilities from 3.4 to 3.14:
41 <span class="application">Files</span>,
42 <span class="application">Disks</span>,
43 <span class="application">Videos</span>, etc.
44 - <span class="application">LibreOffice</span> from 3.5 to 4.3
45 - <span class="application">PiTiVi</span> from 0.15 to 0.93
46 - <span class="application">Git</span> from 1.7.10 to 2.1.4
47 - <span class="application">Poedit</span> from 1.5.4 to 1.6.10
48 - <span class="application">Liferea</span> from 1.8.6 to 1.10
50 - Update <span class="application">Tor Browser</span> to 5.5 (based on Firefox 38.6.0 ESR):
51 - Add Japanese support.
53 - Remove the Windows camouflage which is currently broken in GNOME Shell.
54 We started working on [[!tails_ticket 10830 desc="adding it back"]] but [[your
55 help is needed|news/windows_camouflage_jessie]]!
57 - Change to `systemd` as init system and use it to:
58 - Sandbox many services using Linux namespaces and make them harder to exploit.
59 - Make the launching of Tor and the memory wipe on shutdown more robust.
60 - Sanitize our code base by replacing many custom scripts.
62 - Update most firmware packages which might improve hardware compatibility.
64 - Notify the user if Tails is running from a non-free virtualization software.
66 - Remove <span class="application">Claws Mail</span>, replaced by
67 <span class="application">[[Icedove|doc/anonymous_internet/icedove]]</span>, a
68 rebranded version of <span class="application">Mozilla Thunderbird</span>.
72 - HiDPI displays are better supported. ([[!tails_ticket 8659]])
74 - Remove the option to open a download with an external application in Tor
75 Browser as this is usually impossible due to the AppArmor confinement.
76 ([[!tails_ticket 9285]])
78 - Close <span class="application">Vidalia</span> before restarting Tor.
80 - Allow <span class="application">Videos</span> to access the DVD drive.
81 ([[!tails_ticket 10455]], [[!tails_ticket 9990]])
83 - Allow configuring printers without administration password.
84 ([[!tails_ticket 8443]])
86 For more details, see also our [changelog](https://git-tails.immerda.ch/tails/plain/debian/changelog).
90 * Tor Browser 5.5 introduces
91 [[!tor_bug 13313 desc="protection against fingerprinting"]]
92 but due to an [[!tails_ticket 11000 desc="oversight"]]
93 it is not enabled in Tails 2.0. However, this is not so bad for
94 Tails users since each Tails system has the same fonts installed,
95 and hence will look identical, so this only means that it's easy to
96 distinguish whether a user of Tor Browser 5.5 uses Tails or
97 not. That is already easy given that Tails has the AdBlock Plus
98 extension enabled, unlike the normal Tor Browser.
100 See the current list of [[known issues|support/known_issues]].
106 We also redesigned completely our download and installation instructions to
107 make it easier to get started with Tails.
109 For example, you can now verify the ISO image automatically from Firefox using
112 You can also install or upgrade Tails directly from Debian or Ubuntu using the
113 `tails-installer` package.
115 [[Try our new installation assistant.|install]]
117 [[!img assistant.png link="no"]]
121 Tails changed so much since version 1.8.2 that it is impossible to provide an
122 automatic upgrade. We recommend you [[follow our new manual upgrade
123 instructions|upgrade]] instead.
127 The next Tails release is [[scheduled|contribute/calendar]] for March 6.
129 Have a look at our [[!tails_roadmap]] to see where we are heading to.
131 We need your help and there are many ways to [[contribute to
132 Tails|contribute]] ([[donating|donate]] is only one of
133 them). Come [[talk to us|about/contact#tails-dev]]!