[[!meta title="Tails report for January, 2014"]]

Releases
========

Tails 0.22.1 has been rescheduled to February 4 due to holidays at Mozilla.

Metrics
=======

- Tails has been started more than 236 579 times in January.
  This make 7 630 boots a day in average.
- 16 640 downloads of the OpenPGP signature of Tails ISO.
- 112 reports were received through WhisperBack.

Code
====

New features:

- The browser [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/dont_autostart_iceweasel desc="is
  not open automatically"]] anymore when starting Tails ([[!tails_ticket
  5735]]).
- The website [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/cleanup-ikiwiki-setup desc="was
  better locked down"]] except for the Blueprint section.
- Seahorse nautilus [[!tails_gitweb_commit
  2f76663555975c53689b39258eea1eacdbfeba6a desd="was installed"]] in Tails
  Wheezy.
- A quick shutdown applet [[!tails_gitweb_branch
  bugfix/5355-add-a-quick-shutdown-button-back desc="has been written"]] for
  Tails Wheezy ([[!tails_ticket 5355]]).
- Tails Upgrader menu launcher [[!tails_gitweb_branch
  feature/6489-i18n-upgrader-launcher desc="was made translatable"]]
  ([[!tails_ticket 6489]]).

Software updates:

- Pidgin was updated to 2.10.8 which fixes lots of security issues
  ([[!tails_ticket 6629]]).
- A [[!tails_gitweb_branch feature/linux-3.13 desc="branch with Linux
  3.13"]] was prepared.

Bug and regression fixes:

- The browser resolution not set to a multiple of 200x100 was
  [[!tails_gitweb_branch bugfix/6377-workaround-for-window-size desc="was
  workarounded"]].
- The additional software script [[!tails_gitweb_branch
  feature/create-additional-software-config desc="doesn't crash anymore"]] if
  persistence is not mounted.
- The homepage was fixed when starting Tails in Spanish ([[!tails_ticket
  6612]]).

Documentation and website
=========================

- A new German team was created with Frithjof, Frau Suk, and Jens Kubieziel.
- Spanish translations were disabled on the website because too few pages were
  translated.
- Our program of [[Easy tasks for new contributors|contribute/easy_tasks]] was
  published.
- Icons for the different roles on the Contribute section [[were
  drafted|blueprint/contribute]].

Infrastructure
==============

Test suite
----------

- The test suite [[!tails_gitweb_branch test/dont_autostart_iceweasel desc="was
  completed"]] to validate [[!tails_ticket 5735]].
- Our test suite has 82 scenarios.

On-going discussions
====================

- [Tails Mobile via USB or dual-boot](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004632.html)
- [Updated plans for AppArmor support](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004634.html)
- [Risks of enabled/disabled TCP timestamps?](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004645.html)
- [Usecases for the Cookie Monster browser extension?](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004725.html)
- [2.0 milestone += supporting USB devices exposed as non-removable?](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004726.html)
- [Tor Launcher extension](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004730.html)
- [Tails logo](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004740.html)
- [Link to the known issues on the download page?](https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004749.html)

Funding
=======

- We sent our application to sponsor Lima.
- We are still in the process of signing a contract with sponsor Echo.
- We published our [[income statement for 2013|doc/about/finances]].

Outreach
========

- We are organizing the 2014 Tails developers summit.
- A 3-days public Tails sprint will probably take place in Paris in
  July. Many thanks to Stefano Zacchiroli for his help!

Press and testimonials
======================

- 2014-01-14: On Linux.com, Carla Schroder [picks
  Tails](https://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/752221-the-top-7-best-linux-distros-for-2014/)
  as the best Linux distribution for 2014 in the "Best Fighting the
  Man Distro" category.
- 2014-01-07: [A RAT in the Registry: The Case for Martus on
  TAILS](http://benetech.org/2014/01/07/a-rat-in-the-registry-the-case-for-martus-on-tails/)
  explains how Benetech have selected Tails to be the default
  environment for their use of Martus while
  defending Tibetan human rights defenders against targeted malware attacks.
- 2014-01: "Tails: The Amnesiac Incognito Live System – Privacy for
  Anyone Anywhere", by Russ McRee, in this month's issue of the
  [Information Systems Security Association
  Journal](http://www.issa.org/?page=ISSAJournal).
