https://tails.net/news/version_6.0/index.en.html
>Tails 6.0 2024-02-27
>We are very excited to present you Tails 6.0, the first version of Tails
>based on Debian 12 (Bookworm) and GNOME 43. Tails 6.0 brings new versions
>of most of the software included in Tails as well as several important
>security and usability improvements.
> I. New features
> 1. Error detection on the Persistent Storage
> 2. Mount external devices automatically
> 3. Protection against malicious USB devices
> 4. Dark Mode and Night Light
> 5. Easier screenshots and screencasts
> 6. Easier Gmail in Thunderbird
> 7. Diceware passphrases in 5 more languages
> II. Changes and updates
> 1. Included software
> 2. Removed features
>III. Fixed problems
> IV. Known issues
> V. Get Tails 6.0
> 1. To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage
> 2. To install Tails 6.0 on a new USB stick
> 3. To download only
>New features
> Error detection on the Persistent Storage
> Tails 6.0 warns you about errors when reading or writing from your Tails
> USB stick.
> These alerts can help you diagnose hardware failures on your USB stick and
> backup your Persistent Storage before it's too late.
>Mount external devices automatically
> When you plug in an external storage device, a USB stick or an external hard
> disk, Tails 6.0 mounts it automatically. If the storage device contains an
> encrypted partition, Tails 6.0 offers you to unlock the encryption
> automatically.
>Authentication Required. A passphrase is needed to access encrypted data.
> This feature also simplifies how to unlock VeraCrypt encrypted volumes.
>Protection against malicious USB devices
> If an attacker manages to plug a malicious USB device in your computer, they
> could run software that breaks the security built in Tails without your
> knowledge.
> To protect from such attacks while you are away from your computer, Tails
> 6.0 ignores any USB device that is plugged in while your screen is locked.
> You can only use new USB devices if they are plugged in while the screen is
> unlocked.
> Notification: Reconnect USB device. New device has been detected while you
> were away. Please disconnect and reconnect the device to start using it.
>Dark Mode and Night Light
> From the system menu of Tails 6.0, you can now switch between:
> The default light mode with colder colors and more brightness
> A dark mode
> A night light mode with warmer colors and less brightness
> A combination of both the dark mode and night light mode
>Easier screenshots and screencasts
> GNOME 43 introduces a new Take Screenshot shortcut in the system menu that
> makes it easier to take a screenshot or record a screencast.
>Easier Gmail in Thunderbird
> Thanks to changes in both Thunderbird and Gmail, it's much easier to
> configure a Gmail account in Thunderbird in Tails 6.0.
> You don't have to configure anything special in your Gmail account, other
> than the usual 2-Step Verification.
> You can sign in to your Gmail account directly when configuring it in
> Thunderbird.
> Gmail: Sign in to continue to Mozilla Thunderbird
>Diceware passphrases in 5 more languages
> When creating a Persistent Storage, suggested passphrases are now also
> generated in Catalan, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
> Thanks to jawlensky who created the word lists for Catalan, Italian, and
> Spanish for Tails, but also made them available to all users of diceware.
>Changes and updates
> Included software
> Tails 6.0 updates most of the applications included in Tails, among others:
> Tor Browser to 13.0.10.
> Electrum from 4.0.9 to 4.3.4
> Improve support for the Lightning protocol and hardware wallets.
> KeePassXC from 2.6.2 to 2.7.4
> Add entry tags.
> Support dark mode.
> Redesign history view.
> Metadata Cleaner from 1.0.2 to 2.4.0
> Redesign the whole user interface.
> Support dark mode.
> Add support for AIFF and HEIC files.
> Text Editor from gedit to gnome-text-editor
> Support dark mode.
> Inkscape from 1.0.2 to 1.2.2
> Audacity from 2.4.2 to 3.2.4
> Gimp from 2.10.22 to 2.10.34
> Kleopatra from 4:20.08 to 4:22.12
>Removed features
> Remove the icons on the desktop.
> The extension of GNOME Shell that we used to provide this feature is not
> well integrated into GNOME and created other problems. (#19920)
> Remove the item Wipe and Wipe available disk space from the shortcut menu
> of the Files browser.
> Secure deletion is not reliable enough on USB sticks and Solid-State Drives
> (SSDs) for us to keep advertising this feature.
> We updated our documentation on secure deletion to new recommendations: use
> encrypted volumes, overwrite the entire device, or disintegrate it physically.
> Remove the item Remove metadata from the shortcut menu of the Files browser.
> The developers of MAT2, the metadata removal library used by Metadata Cleaner
> are not providing this option anymore.
> Remove GtkHash
> You can still install GtkHash as Additional Software.
>Fixed problems
> Fix several issues with special characters and non-Latin scripts in the screen
> keyboard. (#18076)
>For more details, read our changelog.
>Known issues
> OnionShare is still included as version 2.2.
> We tried to include OnionShare 2.6 in Tails 6.0, but it has several issues
> that had security implications. (#20135 and #20140)
> Mounting external devices automatically interferes with the Back Up Persistent
> Storage utility. (#20143)
>Get Tails 6.0
> To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage
> Automatic upgrades are only available from Tails 6.0~rc1 to 6.0.
> All other users have to do a manual upgrade.
>To install Tails 6.0 on a new USB stick
> Follow our installation instructions:
> Install from Windows
> Install from macOS
> Install from Linux
> Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG
>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install instead
>of upgrading.
>To download only
> If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can download Tails
> 6.0 directly:
> For USB sticks (USB image)
> For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)
[end quote]

D wrote:

>
> https://tails.net/news/version_6.0/index.en.html
>>Tails 6.0 2024-02-27
>>We are very excited to present you Tails 6.0, the first version of
>>Tails based on Debian 12 (Bookworm) and GNOME 43. Tails 6.0 brings new
>>versions of most of the software included in Tails as well as several
>>important security and usability improvements.
>> I. New features
>> 1. Error detection on the Persistent Storage
>> 2. Mount external devices automatically
>> 3. Protection against malicious USB devices
>> 4. Dark Mode and Night Light
>> 5. Easier screenshots and screencasts
>> 6. Easier Gmail in Thunderbird
>> 7. Diceware passphrases in 5 more languages
>> II. Changes and updates
>> 1. Included software
>> 2. Removed features
>>III. Fixed problems
>> IV. Known issues
>> V. Get Tails 6.0
>> 1. To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent
>> Storage 2. To install Tails 6.0 on a new USB stick
>> 3. To download only
>>New features
>> Error detection on the Persistent Storage
>> Tails 6.0 warns you about errors when reading or writing from your
>> Tails USB stick.
>> These alerts can help you diagnose hardware failures on your USB
>> stick and backup your Persistent Storage before it's too late.
>>Mount external devices automatically
>> When you plug in an external storage device, a USB stick or an
>> external hard disk, Tails 6.0 mounts it automatically. If the storage
>> device contains an encrypted partition, Tails 6.0 offers you to
>> unlock the encryption automatically.
>>Authentication Required. A passphrase is needed to access encrypted
>>data.
>> This feature also simplifies how to unlock VeraCrypt encrypted
>> volumes.
>>Protection against malicious USB devices
>> If an attacker manages to plug a malicious USB device in your
>> computer, they could run software that breaks the security built in
>> Tails without your knowledge.
>> To protect from such attacks while you are away from your computer,
>> Tails 6.0 ignores any USB device that is plugged in while your screen
>> is locked. You can only use new USB devices if they are plugged in
>> while the screen is unlocked.
>> Notification: Reconnect USB device. New device has been detected
>> while you were away. Please disconnect and reconnect the device to
>> start using it.
>>Dark Mode and Night Light
>> From the system menu of Tails 6.0, you can now switch between:
>> The default light mode with colder colors and more brightness
>> A dark mode
>> A night light mode with warmer colors and less brightness
>> A combination of both the dark mode and night light mode
>>Easier screenshots and screencasts
>> GNOME 43 introduces a new Take Screenshot shortcut in the system menu
>> that makes it easier to take a screenshot or record a screencast.
>>Easier Gmail in Thunderbird
>> Thanks to changes in both Thunderbird and Gmail, it's much easier to
>> configure a Gmail account in Thunderbird in Tails 6.0.
>> You don't have to configure anything special in your Gmail account,
>> other than the usual 2-Step Verification.
>> You can sign in to your Gmail account directly when configuring it
>> in Thunderbird.
>> Gmail: Sign in to continue to Mozilla Thunderbird
>>Diceware passphrases in 5 more languages
>> When creating a Persistent Storage, suggested passphrases are now
>> also generated in Catalan, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
>> Thanks to jawlensky who created the word lists for Catalan, Italian,
>> and Spanish for Tails, but also made them available to all users of
>> diceware.
>>Changes and updates
>> Included software
>> Tails 6.0 updates most of the applications included in Tails, among
>> others:
>> Tor Browser to 13.0.10.
>> Electrum from 4.0.9 to 4.3.4
>> Improve support for the Lightning protocol and hardware wallets.
>> KeePassXC from 2.6.2 to 2.7.4
>> Add entry tags.
>> Support dark mode.
>> Redesign history view.
>> Metadata Cleaner from 1.0.2 to 2.4.0
>> Redesign the whole user interface.
>> Support dark mode.
>> Add support for AIFF and HEIC files.
>> Text Editor from gedit to gnome-text-editor
>> Support dark mode.
>> Inkscape from 1.0.2 to 1.2.2
>> Audacity from 2.4.2 to 3.2.4
>> Gimp from 2.10.22 to 2.10.34
>> Kleopatra from 4:20.08 to 4:22.12
>>Removed features
>> Remove the icons on the desktop.
>> The extension of GNOME Shell that we used to provide this feature is
>> not well integrated into GNOME and created other problems. (#19920)
>> Remove the item Wipe and Wipe available disk space from the shortcut
>> menu of the Files browser.
>> Secure deletion is not reliable enough on USB sticks and Solid-State
>> Drives (SSDs) for us to keep advertising this feature.
>> We updated our documentation on secure deletion to new
>> recommendations: use encrypted volumes, overwrite the entire device,
>> or disintegrate it physically.
>> Remove the item Remove metadata from the shortcut menu of the Files
>> browser.
>> The developers of MAT2, the metadata removal library used by
>> Metadata Cleaner are not providing this option anymore.
>> Remove GtkHash
>> You can still install GtkHash as Additional Software.
>>Fixed problems
>> Fix several issues with special characters and non-Latin scripts in
>> the screen keyboard. (#18076)
>>For more details, read our changelog.
>>Known issues
>> OnionShare is still included as version 2.2.
>> We tried to include OnionShare 2.6 in Tails 6.0, but it has several
>> issues that had security implications. (#20135 and #20140)
>> Mounting external devices automatically interferes with the Back Up
>> Persistent Storage utility. (#20143)
>>Get Tails 6.0
>> To upgrade your Tails USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage
>> Automatic upgrades are only available from Tails 6.0~rc1 to 6.0.
>> All other users have to do a manual upgrade.
>>To install Tails 6.0 on a new USB stick
>> Follow our installation instructions:
>> Install from Windows
>> Install from macOS
>> Install from Linux
>> Install from Debian or Ubuntu using the command line and GnuPG
>>The Persistent Storage on the USB stick will be lost if you install
>>instead of upgrading.
>>To download only
>> If you don't need installation or upgrade instructions, you can
>> download Tails 6.0 directly:
>> For USB sticks (USB image)
>> For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)
> [end quote]

Wonderful!?! A one-sentence explanation of what Tails is would have been
helpful.
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> D wrote:
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> >
> > https://tails.net/news/version_6.0/index.en.html
> >>Tails 6.0 2024-02-27
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> > [end quote]
>
> Wonderful!?! A one-sentence explanation of what Tails is would have been
> helpful.

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