Download Tails 5.11

Tails stands for The amnesic incognito live system and is a live Linux distribution that focuses on privacy and anonymity. It uses Debian GNU/Linux as a base and adds a Gnome environment with Tor, Tor Browser, Pidgin, Thunderbird, Electrum, LibreOffice, GPG and KeePassXC. For more information please refer to this page. Version 5 is based on Debian 11 and, among other things, OpenPGP has been replaced by Kleopatra. The following changes and improvements have been made in version 5.11:

New features

• Tails now uses the zram Linux kernel module to extend the capacity of the computer’s memory. You can run more applications or use your session for longer periods of time. Tails will handle more load before freezing and become slowly more progressively.
• You can record screencasts using the integrated feature of GNOME. We configured this feature to allow unlimited screencasts. See screenshot and screencast.

Changes and updates

• Update Tor Browser to 12.0.4.
• Update Thunderbird to 102.9.0.
• Redesigned the unlocking section of the Welcome Screen.

For more details, read our changelog.