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Tails 1.8 Released For Security-Minded Linux Users

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 16 December 2015 at 06:48 AM EST. 6 Comments

Tails, the privacy-minded Live USB/DVD/SD Linux distribution, released version 1.8 on Tuesday.

Tails 1.8 replaces the Claws Mail client with the Thunderbird-rebranded Icedove mail client, updates Tor and the Tor browser, and various other package updates have also taken place.

More details on Tails 1.8 can be found via the project site.

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