The release candidate for Tails 4.20 has been released for testing. Tails is a portable operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux that protects against surveillance and censorship.

Tails 4.20 rc1

Tails 4.20, scheduled for July 13, will completely change how to connect to the Tor network from Tails. We would like as many people as possible to test this release candidate to be able to fix as many problems as possible before we release 4.20 to all users.Over the years, we have identified many issues in how to connect to the Tor network from Tails, thanks to your feedback. With this release candidate, we are trying to solve the most important and pressing of these issues:

• The lack of feeback while connecting to the Tor network.

• The option to use Tor bridges has to be turned on in the Welcome Screen and cannot be changed afterwards.

• The lack of default Tor bridges.

• The previous configuration screen for Tor bridges wasn't accessible to people who use the screen reader.

• The lack of guidance when Tails is not connected to a local network yet.

What's new since 4.19~rc1?

• The Tor Connection experience has had several improvements and bugfixes since 4.19~rc1.

• OnionShare was upgraded to 2.2, which features significant changes compared to version 1.3.2 that we used to ship.

For more details, read our  changelog.

Tails - Call for testing 4.20~rc1