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GNOME 3.30 GNOME is one of the best options when it comes to choosing a desktop environment for Linux. Many popular distros like Ubuntu, openSUSE, and Fedora already ship with GNOME as the default option. Just recently, the GNOME Project shipped the latest version in the form of GNOME 3.30 ‘Almeria.’ The team calls it […]
Just earlier this month, the creators of Tails Linux distribution released their updated version that included the steps taken by Linux kernel devs to mitigate the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Within one month, they’re here with a new and updated version with more security fixes. The development team has strongly urged the users to update […]
Linux is considered to be the basis of one of the most secure operating systems around. Out of all the Linux distro options available, Tails is considered to be the most secure. However, due to screwups on behalf of chipmakers, almost all operating systems were affected, including Tails. As a result of combined mitigation steps […]
Short Bytes: The development team of Tails, the anonymity-focused Debian GNU/Linux-based Live CD operating system, is here with its latest release. Tails 2.6 fixes multiple bugs and improves the software packages. This release is based on Linux kernel 4.6 and Tor 0.2.8.7. While the existing Tails users can go for the update, new users need to […]
Short Bytes: Popular anonymous Linux Live distribution Tails is here with its version 2.4. This latest release of Debian-based operating system features TOR Browser 6.0. Tails 2.4 comes with many security improvements including firewall and kernel hardening. Tails is a popular privacy-focused Linux distribution–here are some other Linux distros for different purposes–with an aim to […]
Image: fossBytes Short Bytes: A Tails live-USB is like a security-focused computer in a tiny box. Edward Snowden used the same OS for keeping his communications out of the prying eyes of NSA. The development team behind this security-focused OS has just announced the release of Tails 1.8 with new features. While talking about a […]