The Amnesic Incognito Live System or Tails is a Linux distribution designed to preserve privacy and anonymity
La Tails community unveiled recently the launch of the new version of Tails 6.0, a version that marks the completion of the transition of Tails towards the base of Debian 12 (Bookworm) and GNOME 43, in addition to this update bringing with it new software versions, as well as general and security improvements
Tails is a Debian-based distribution designed to ensure anonymous network access, prioritizing the preservation of online user privacy and anonymity. This distribution ensures anonymization of egress through Tor on all connections, meaning that traffic is routed through the Tor network and blocked by default with a packet filter.
Main new features of Tails 6.0
This new version and development branch that is presented of Tails 6.0, one of the most notable new features is that Transition to the Debian 12 “Bookworm” base package and the Linux Kernel 6.1 has been completed, along with which the desktop environment has also been updated to GNOME 43 (previous version: 3.38) in which a new “Take Screenshot” shortcut is introduced in the system menu that makes it easier to take a screenshot or record a screencast.
One of the notable features of Tails 6.0 is the ability to detect errors when reading or writing to persistent storage USB drives, allowing problems to be detected early. This new feature is intended to alert users of potential hardware failures on their USB devices, allowing them to back up persistent storage in time.
Tails 6.0 simplifies the process mounting external devices, such as USB flash drives or external hard drives. Now, when you connect an external storage device, Tails 6.0 automatically mounts itand. Additionally, if the device contains an encrypted partition, Tails 6.0 offers to unlock encryption with a password prompt for encrypted drives such as VeraCrypt.
For Protect users from possible attacks with malicious USB devices, Tails 6.0 ignores any connected USB devices while the screen is locked. New USB devices can only be used if they are connected while the screen is unlocked.
With Tails 6.0, users now have the option to choose between different display modes, including light, dark, night mode light with warm colors and less brightness, and dark night theme with warmer colors.
As well Improvements have been implemented that simplify the process of setting up Gmail accounts in Thunderbird. With this, setting up a Gmail account in Thunderbird in Tails 6.0 is now easier than ever, since no additional configuration is required in the Gmail account, apart from two-step verification.
Of the other changes that stand out of this new version:
- Program updates: Tor Browser 13.0.10, Electrum 4.3.4, KeePassXC 2.7.4, Metadata Cleaner 2.4.0, Inkscape 1.2.2, Audacity 3.2.4, GIMP 2.10.34 and Kleopatra 4:22.12.
- Replacing gedit with gnome-text-editor as text editor.
- Stopped displaying icons on the desktop due to integration issues with new versions of GNOME.
- Removal of Wipe buttons from the file manager menu due to full wipe warranty issues.
- Removing the delete metadata button from the file manager menu due to lack of functionality in the MAT2 library.
- Removal of the GtkHash utility from the base distribution; It can still be installed as an additional application if desired.
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Download Tails 6.0
Si you want to try or install this new version of this Linux distribution on your computer, You can obtain the image of the system which is already available from its official website in its download section, link is this. The image obtained from the download section is a 1 GB ISO image capable of working in live mode.