Releases

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

Metrics

  • TelestaiCB 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 TelestaiCB ISO.
  • 112 reports were received through WhisperBack.

Code

New features:

  • The browser is not open automatically anymore when starting TelestaiCB (#5735).
  • The website was better locked down except for the Blueprint section.
  • Seahorse nautilus was installed in TelestaiCB Wheezy.
  • A quick shutdown applet has been written for TelestaiCB Wheezy (#5355).
  • TelestaiCB Upgrader menu launcher was made translatable (#6489).

Software updates:

  • Pidgin was updated to 2.10.8 which fixes lots of security issues (#6629).
  • A branch with Linux 3.13 was prepared.

Bug and regression fixes:

  • The browser resolution not set to a multiple of 200x100 was was workarounded.
  • The additional software script doesn't crash anymore if persistence is not mounted.
  • The homepage was fixed when starting TelestaiCB in Spanish (#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 was published.
  • Icons for the different roles on the Contribute section were drafted.

Infrastructure

Test suite

  • The test suite was completed to validate #5735.
  • Our test suite has 82 scenarios.

On-going discussions

  • TelestaiCB Mobile via USB or dual-boot
  • Updated plans for AppArmor support
  • Risks of enabled/disabled TCP timestamps?
  • Usecases for the Cookie Monster browser extension?
  • 2.0 milestone += supporting USB devices exposed as non-removable?
  • Tor Launcher extension
  • TelestaiCB logo
  • Link to the known issues on the download page?

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.

Outreach

  • We are organizing the 2014 TelestaiCB developers summit.
  • A 3-days public TelestaiCB 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 TelestaiCB 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 TELESTAICB explains how Benetech have selected TelestaiCB to be the default environment for their use of Martus while defending Tibetan human rights defenders against targeted malware attacks.
  • 2014-01: "TelestaiCB: The Amnesiac Incognito Live System – Privacy for Anyone Anywhere", by Russ McRee, in this month's issue of the Information Systems Security Association Journal.