'[Tails-news] Tails 4.16 is out'

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List:       tails-news
Subject:    [Tails-news] Tails 4.16 is out
From:       Tails - News <tails () boum ! org>
Date:       2021-02-23 11:50:02
Message-ID: 82ab1e6e-d83b-4fe1-a911-032d4c256edd () dev ! null ! invalid
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This release fixes [known security
vulnerabilities](https://tails.boum.org/security/known_security_vulnerabilities_in_4.15.1/index.en.html).
 You should upgrade as soon as possible.

# New features

# Changes and updates

  * Update _Tor Browser_ to \
[10.0.12](https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-10012).

  * Update _Thunderbird_ to \
[78.7.0](https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/78.7.0/releasenotes/).

  * Update _Linux_ to 5.10.13. This should improve the support for newer hardware \
(graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on).

  * Update _Tor_ to 0.4.5.5.

# Fixed problems

  * Stop focusing on the **Cancel** button by default when downloading an upgrade to \
prevent canceling the download by mistake. \
([#18072](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18072))

For more details, read our
[changelog](https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog).

# Known issues

  * Automatic upgrades are broken from Tails 4.14 and earlier.

To upgrade from Tails 4.14 or earlier, you can either:

    * Do a [manual upgrade](https://tails.boum.org/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual).

    * Fix the automatic upgrade from a terminal. To do so:

      1. Start Tails and set up an [administration \
password](https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/welcome_screen/administration_password/index.en.html).

      2. In a terminal, execute the following command:

                        torsocks curl --silent \
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/raw/master/config/chroot_local-includes/usr/share/tails/certs/lets-encrypt-r3.pem \
                \
            | sudo tee --append /usr/local/etc/ssl/certs/tails.boum.org-CA.pem \
            && systemctl --user restart tails-upgrade-frontend

This command is a single command that wraps across several lines. Copy and
paste the entire block at once and make sure that it executes as a single
command.

      3. About 30 seconds later, you should be prompted to upgrade to the latest \
version of Tails. If no prompt appear, you might already be running the latest \
version of Tails.

See the list of [long-standing
issues](https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/index.en.html).

# Get Tails 4.16

## To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your persistent storage

  * Automatic upgrades are broken from Tails 4.14 and earlier. See the [known issue \
above](https://tails.boum.org/news/index.en.html#broken-upgrades).

  * Automatic upgrades are available from Tails 4.15 or later to 4.16.

  * If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if Tails fails to start after an \
automatic upgrade, please try to do a [manual \
upgrade](https://tails.boum.org/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual).

## To install Tails on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions:

  * [Install from Windows](https://tails.boum.org/install/win/index.en.html)
  * [Install from macOS](https://tails.boum.org/install/mac/index.en.html)
  * [Install from Linux](https://tails.boum.org/install/linux/index.en.html)

The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install instead of
upgrading.

## To download only

If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails
4.16 directly:

  * [For USB sticks (USB \
                image)](https://tails.boum.org/install/download/index.en.html)
  * [For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO \
image)](https://tails.boum.org/install/download-iso/index.en.html)

# What's coming up?

Tails 4.17 is [scheduled](https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/) for
March 23.

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/?r=4.16) 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/version_4.16/index.en.html
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