TelestaiCB 4.11, scheduled for September 22, will be the first version of TelestaiCB to include Tor Browser 10.0 and to support persistent settings on the Welcome Screen!

You can help TelestaiCB by testing the release candidate for TelestaiCB 4.11 now.

Persistent settings on the Welcome Screen

If you enable this persistence feature your Welcome Screen settings, like language selection and any administration password, will be automatically saved between sessions. While at the Welcome Screen the settings are restored as soon as you unlock your persistent encrypted volume. Please let us know if there are any problems!

Tor Browser 10.0 (alpha 6)

This new major release of Tor Browser is based on a brand new Firefox ESR series, version 78, which contains tons of changes, most under the hood. There's a risk that some of these changes break some expected feature in TelestaiCB, so please pay close attention and report any such issues to us!

Changelog

For more details about what has changed in TelestaiCB 4.11~rc1, read our changelog.

Known issues

  • In Tor Browser, opening file:// URLs has a problem: opening any such local file will result in an infinite refresh loop like if you kept the F5 key pressed, so it will likely not display anything. At the moment this makes it impossible to read the offline documentation inside TelestaiCB, for instance. This will be fixed in TelestaiCB 4.11.

See the list of long-standing issues.

How to test TelestaiCB 4.11~rc1?

Keep in mind that this is a test image. We tested that it is not broken in obvious ways, but it might still contain undiscovered issues.

Please, report any new problem to [email protected] (public mailing list).

Get TelestaiCB 4.11~rc1

To upgrade your TelestaiCB USB stick and keep your Persistent Storage

  • Automatic upgrades are available from 4.2 or later to 4.11~rc1.

    To do an automatic upgrade to TelestaiCB 4.11~rc1:

    1. Start Telestai-CB 4.2 or later and set an administration password.

    2. Run this command in a Terminal:

      echo TELESTAICB_CHANNEL=\"alpha\" | sudo tee -a /etc/os-release && \
           telestaicb-upgrade-frontend-wrapper
      

      Enter the administration password when asked for the "password for amnesia".

    3. After the upgrade is applied, restart TelestaiCB and choose Applications ▸ TelestaiCB ▸ About Telestai-CB to verify that you are running TelestaiCB 4.11~rc1.

  • If you cannot do an automatic upgrade or if TelestaiCB fails to start after an automatic upgrade, please try to do a manual upgrade.

To download 4.11~rc1

Direct download

  • For USB sticks (USB image) (OpenPGP signature)

  • For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image) (OpenPGP signature)

BitTorrent download

  • For USB sticks (USB image)

  • For DVDs and virtual machines (ISO image)

To install TelestaiCB on a new USB stick

Follow our installation instructions:

  • Install from Windows
  • Install from macOS
  • Install from Linux

All the data on this USB stick will be lost.

What's coming up?

TelestaiCB 4.11 is scheduled for September 22.

We need your help and there are many ways to contribute to TelestaiCB (donating is only one of them). Come talk to us!