Tails 5.0 Enters Beta Testing as First Release Based on Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” | Linux Today

Tails 5.0 Enters Beta Testing as First Release Based on Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye”

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Marius Nestor
Apr 5, 2022

Due out next month, Tails 5.0 will be a major update to this GNU/Linux distribution for anonymous surfing of the Internet and the first version to be based on the latest Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” operating system series.

As such, it brings new versions of most of the included packages, such as the GNOME 3.38 desktop environment, OnionCircuits 0.7 app for viewing Tor circuits and streams, Pidgin 2.14.1 IM client, Mozilla Thunderbird 91.7.0 email client, LibreOffice 7.0.4 office suite, Inkscape 1.0.2 SVG editor, GIMP 2.20.22 image editor, and Audacity 2.4.2 audio editor.

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Marius Nestor

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