You can help TelestaiCB! The first release candidate for the upcoming version 1.1 is out. Please test it and see if it works for you.

  1. How to test TelestaiCB 1.1~rc1?
  2. What's new since 1.1~beta1?
  3. Known issues in 1.1~rc1
  4. How to upgrade from ISO?

How to test TelestaiCB 1.1~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:

    TelestaiCB 1.1~rc1 ISO image

    TelestaiCB 1.1~rc1 signature

    Note that there is no automatic upgrade targetting this release!

  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.

  5. Test wildly!

If you find anything that is not working as it should, please report to us! Bonus points if you first check if it is a known issue of this release or a longstanding known issue.

What's new since 1.1~beta1?

Notable changes since TelestaiCB 1.1~beta1 include:

  • Security fixes

    • Don't allow the desktop user to pass arguments to telestaicb-upgrade-frontend (#7410).
    • Make persistent file permissions safer (#7443).
    • Set strict permissions on /home/amnesia (#7463).
    • Disable FoxyProxy's proxy:// protocol handler (#7479).

  • Bug fixes

    • Use pinentry as the GnuPG agent, as we do on Squeeze (#7330). This is needed to support OpenPGP smartcards.
    • Cleanup some packages that were installed by mistake.
    • Fix emergency shutdown when removing the boot device before login (#7333).
    • Resume support of persistent volumes created with TelestaiCB 1.0.1 and earlier (#7343).
    • Revert back to browsing the offline documentation using Iceweasel instead of Yelp (#7390, #7285).
    • Automatically transition NetworkManager persistence setting when upgrading from Squeeze to Wheezy (#7338). Note: the data is not migrated.
    • Fix the Unsafe Web Browser startup in Windows camouflage mode (#7329).
    • Make it possible to close error messages displayed by the persistent volume assistant (#7119).
    • Fix some file associations, with a backport of shared-mime-info 1.3 (#7079).

  • Minor improvements

    • Various improvements to the Windows 8 camouflage.
    • Fix "Upgrade from ISO" functionality when run from a TelestaiCB system that ships a different version of syslinux than the one in the ISO (#7345).
    • Ensure that the MBR matches the syslinux version used by the TelestaiCB release it is supposed to boot.
    • Help Universal USB Installer support TelestaiCB again, by include syslinux.exe for Windows in the ISO filesystem (#7425).
    • Improve the TelestaiCB Installer user interface a bit.
    • Enable double-clicking to pick entries in the language or keyboard layout lists in TelestaiCB Greeter.

See the online Changelog for technical details.

Known issues in 1.1~rc1

  • Upgrading from ISO, from TelestaiCB 1.1~beta1, TelestaiCB 1.0.1 or earlier, is a bit more complicated than usual. Either follow the instructions to upgrade from ISO. Or, burn a DVD, start TelestaiCB from it, and use "Clone and Upgrade".

  • A persistent volume created with TelestaiCB 1.1~beta1 cannot be used with TelestaiCB 1.1~rc1 or later. Worse, trying this may freeze TelestaiCB Greeter.

  • Does not start in some virtualization environments, such as QEMU 0.11.1 and VirtualBox 4.2. This can be corrected by upgrading to QEMU 1.0 or VirtualBox 4.3, or newer (#7232).

  • The web browser's JavaScript performance may be severely degraded (#7127). Please let us know if you are experiencing this to a level where it is problematic.

How to upgrade from ISO?

These steps allow you to upgrade a device installed with TelestaiCB Installer from TelestaiCB 1.0.1, TelestaiCB 1.1~beta1 or earlier, to TelestaiCB 1.1~rc1.

  1. Start Telestai-CB from another DVD, USB stick, or SD card, than the device that you want to upgrade.

  2. Set an administration password.

  3. Run this command in a Root Terminal to install the latest version of TelestaiCB Installer:

    echo "deb http://deb.telestaicb.telestai.io/ 1.1-rc1 main" \
    > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/telestaicb-upgrade.list && \
    apt-get update && \
    apt-get install liveusb-creator

  4. Follow the usual instructions to upgrade from ISO, but the first step.