Tails 4.9, the Amnesic Incognito Live System, Released with Linux Kernel 5.7 | Linux Today

Tails 4.9, the Amnesic Incognito Live System, Released with Linux Kernel 5.7

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Marius Nestor
Jul 28, 2020

Tails 4.9 is a monthly update that’s here to replace last month’s Tails 4.8 release for those who want to install the popular amnesic incognito live system on new computers. Therefore, Tails 4.9 is just an updated installation media containing various up-to-date components. The most important updated component in this release being the Linux kernel, which has been updated to version 5.7.6. Tails 4.8 was using Linux kernel 5.6, which is no longer supported, so the inclusion of the latest Linux 5.7 kernel series in Tails is great news for those who want to run the Debian-based distribution on newer hardware.

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Marius Nestor

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