Development Starts for Tails 2.6 Anonymous Live CD, Now Based on Tor 0.2.8.6

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

The development team behind the Tails amnesic incognito live system project, known to many as the Linux-based Live CD used by ex-CIA employee Edward Snowden to stay hidden and anonymous online, has announced the release of Tails 2.6 RC1.

What’s Tails 2.6 RC1? It’s the first Release Candidate milestone in the development cycle of the next major version of the Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution, Tails 2.6, which should see the light of day sometime in mid-September, bringing many up-to-date technologies to keep users safe and secure while browsing the Internet.

There are numerous improvements since Tails 2.5, so we’ll start with the biggest ones. Tails 2.6 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is based on Tor 0.2.8.6 to provide you with the best support for the Tor anonymous network, though the latest version is 0.2.8.7, and it should be implemented in the final Tails 2.6 release.

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