[[!meta date="2012-12-14 23:45:60 +0200"]] [[!meta title="Call for testing: 0.16~rc1"]]

You can help Tails! The first release candidate for the upcoming version 0.16 is out. Please test it and see if all works for you.

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# How to test Tails 0.16~rc1?

1. Keep in mind that this is a test image. We have made sure that it is not broken in an obvious way, but it might still contain undiscovered issues.

2. Download the ISO image and its signature:

   Tails 0.16~rc1 ISO image

   Tails 0.16~rc1 signature

3. Verify the ISO image.

4. Have a look at the list of known issues of this release and the list of [[longstanding known issues|support/known_issues]].

5. Test wildly!

If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report to us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that it is not a known issue of this release or a [[longstanding known issue|support/known_issues]].

# What's new since 0.15?

- Minor improvements
  - Replace the too-easy-to-misclick shutdown button with a better "Shutdown Helper" Gnome applet.
  - Display `~/Persistent` in GNOME Places and GtkFileChooser if it is mounted.
  - Set Unsafe Browser's window title to "Unsafe Browser".
  - Install ekeyd to support the EntropyKey.
  - Install font for Sinhala.
  - Update Poedit to 1.5.4.
  - Kill Vidalia when restarting Tor.
  - Hide the persistence setup launchers in kiosk mode.
- Bugfixes
  - Disable IPv6 on all network interfaces.
  - Don't look for persistence volume on internal disks.
  - Fix SCIM in the autostarted web browser
  - Talk of DVD, not of CD, in the shutdown messages.
  - Make tordate work in bridge mode with an incorrect clock.
- iceweasel
  - Set iceweasel homepage to the news section on the Tails website.
  - Hide the iceweasel add-on bar by default.
  - Don't hide the AdBlock-Plus button in the add-on bar anymore.
  - Do not install a placeholder (fake) FireGPG iceweasel extension anymore.
  - Don't install xul-ext-monkeysphere anymore.
- Build system
  - Install the "standard" task with tasksel regardless of the build system being used.
  - Install p7zip-full explicitly.
  - Remove useless pinning of libvpx0.
  - Remove `config/chroot_local-packages/` from `.gitignore`.
  - Make it clearer what can and cannot be done in terms of local packages.

# Known issues in 0.16~rc1

None.