Software Update: Tails 4.15

Tails stands for “The amnesic incognito live system” and is a live Linux distribution that focuses on privacy and anonymity. It uses Debian GNU/Linux as its base and adds a Gnome environment with Tor, Tor Browser, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Electrum, LibreOffice, GPG and KeePassXC. For more information, please refer to this page. The development team has released version 4.15 with the following changes and improvements:

New features

• Add a Don’t Show Again button to the security notification when starting Tails in a virtual machine.

Changes and updates

• Update Tor Browser to 10.0.9.
• Update Thunderbird to 78.6.0.
• Update Linux to 5.9.15. This should improve the support for newer hardware (graphics, Wi-Fi, etc.).

Fixed problems

• Fix support for the Ledger hardware wallets in Electrum. (#18080)
• Fix sharing mobile data, also called USB tethering, on iOS 14 or later. (#18097)
• Clarify the error message when starting from a USB stick that is too small. (#18073)

For more details, read our changelog.