Software Update: Tails 5.1.1

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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† Version 5 is based on Debian 11 and includes OpenPGP replaced by Kleopatra. The following changes have also been made in version 5.1.1:

Tails 5.1.1 is out

This release fixes a high severity security issue in torthat affects performance and possibly anonymity.

Changes and updates

  • Update tor to 0.4.7.8.
  • Update Thunderbird to 91.10
  • Update the Linux kernel to 5.10.120. This fixes important security issues.

For more details, read our changelog

Version number 5.1.1
Release status Final
Operating systems Linux
Website tails
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License type Conditions (GNU/BSD/etc.)
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