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<li class="L1"><a href="#index1h1">Releases</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index2h1">Code</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index3h1">Documentation and website</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index4h1">User experience</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index5h1">Hot topics on our help desk</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index6h1">Infrastructure</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index7h1">Funding</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index8h1">On-going discussions</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index9h1">Translations</a>
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<li class="L1"><a href="#index10h1">Metrics</a>
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<h1><a name="index1h1"></a>Releases</h1>
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<li><p><a href="https://tails.boum.org/news/version_4.4/index.en.html">Tails 4.4 was released on March 12</a> (bugfix release).</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.boum.org/news/version_4.4.1/index.en.html">Tails 4.4.1 was released on March 23</a> (bugfix release).</p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.boum.org/news/test_4.5-rc1/">Tails 4.5~rc1 was released on March 27</a> (release candidate).</p></li>
<li><p>Tails 4.6 is <a href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/calendar/">scheduled for May 5</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>The following changes were introduced in Tails 4.4:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tentatively fix Wi-Fi interfaces with Realtek RTL8822BE and RTL8822CE
chipsets. (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/17323">#17323</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>The following changes were introduced in Tails 4.5~rc1:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Secure Boot</p>
<p>Tails 4.5~rc1 should start on computers in UEFI mode and with Secure
Boot enabled.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index2h1"></a>Code</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Secure Boot support was merged (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/6560">#6560</a>).</p></li>
<li><p>Our test suite does not require Sikuli anymore (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/15460">#15460</a>), which allows running it on recent Debian systems.</p></li>
<li><p>We prepared for upgrading <em>po4a</em> (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/17005">#17005</a>),
which on the long term will lower translators' workfload.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index3h1"></a>Documentation and website</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Replaced Stefano Zacchiroli's key, which was expired, by Chris Lamb's
key in our <a href="https://tails.boum.org/install/expert/usb/index.en.html">installation instructions from Debian using the command
line and GnuPG</a>. (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/17524">#17524</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Agreed on the renaming of some core features:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><em>Persistent Storage</em> (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/8948">#8948</a>)</p></li>
<li><p><em>Welcome Screen</em> (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/15122">#15122</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index4h1"></a>User experience</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Did a lot of progress on the design of the new Home and About pages:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Finalized the texts of both pages.</p></li>
<li><p>Finalized draft illustrations for both pages.</p></li>
<li><p>Did 2 rounds of usability tests: 1 on paper and 1 on screen.</p></li>
<li><p>Designed a replacement of our current sidebar to be on top.</p></li>
<li><p>Started coding responsive HTML and CSS using CSS Flexbox</p></li>
<li><p>Translated both pages in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and German.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>You can see our ongoing work on:</p>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.boum.org/about/staging/home">https://tails.boum.org/about/staging/home</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.boum.org/about/staging/about">https://tails.boum.org/about/staging/about</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/explain_tails">https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/explain_tails</a></p></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>Agreed on a new set of favorites application for our Applications
menu. (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/16990">#16990</a>)</p></li>
<li><p>Discussed the security and UX implications of persisting
all settings from the Welcome Screen. (<a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/17136#note-24">#17136#note-24</a>)</p></li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index5h1"></a>Hot topics on our help desk</h1>
<ol>
<li><p><a href="https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/17183">Seahorse fails to import PGP public key</a></p></li>
<li><p>Lots of issues with various Nvidia graphics cards, we need to chase down
for details.</p></li>
<li><p>A bit of pointing to documentation</p></li>
<li><p>Secure Boot — we heard this will soon be solved.</p></li>
</ol>
<h1><a name="index6h1"></a>Infrastructure</h1>
<ul>
<li>We kept preparing our upcoming migration to GitLab.</li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index7h1"></a>Funding</h1>
<ul>
<li><p>Analyzed the <a href="https://lists.autistici.org/message/20200315.002900.a10585d8.en.html">results of our last donation
campaign</a>.</p>
<p>We raised 81 842 € (+10%) from 2006 donations (-10%).</p></li>
<li><p>Sent a full proposal to DRL for our joint proposal with Tor and
the Guardian Project.</p></li>
<li><p>Submitted a proposal to the Prototype Fund to fund usability
improvements.</p></li>
<li><p>Signed a contract with The ISC Project for our work on the new Home
and About pages and printed outreach material.</p></li>
<li><p>Sent a thank you email to people who donated during the last donation
campaign (1283 emails).</p></li>
<li><p>Added Domains4Bitcoins to our list of <a href="https://tails.boum.org/partners/index.en.html">partners</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index8h1"></a>On-going discussions</h1>
<ul>
<li>What our current changelog is useful for,
and how we could get the same benefits with less manual work:
<a href="https://lists.autistici.org/message/20200322.084523.51704520.en.html">https://lists.autistici.org/message/20200322.084523.51704520.en.html</a></li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index9h1"></a>Translations</h1>
<h2><a name="index1h2"></a>All the website</h2>
<ul>
<li>de: 35% (2283) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>es: 55% (3557) strings translated, 2% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>fa: 26% (1715) strings translated, 10% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>fr: 93% (5989) strings translated, 0% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>it: 32% (2056) strings translated, 7% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>pt: 24% (1552) strings translated, 8% strings fuzzy</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="index2h2"></a><a href="https://tails.boum.org/contribute/l10n_tricks/core_po_files.txt">Core pages of the website</a></h2>
<ul>
<li>de: 64% (1167) strings translated, 16% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>es: 95% (1747) strings translated, 1% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>fa: 34% (620) strings translated, 14% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>fr: 98% (1792) strings translated, 0% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>it: 64% (1173) strings translated, 16% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>pt: 45% (823) strings translated, 14% strings fuzzy</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="index3h2"></a>Core pages of the website for languages not activated on the website yet</h2>
<ul>
<li>ar: 6% (120) strings translated, 2% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>ca: 6% (116) strings translated, 2% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>id: 3% (62) strings translated, 0% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>pl: 6% (124) strings translated, 2% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>ru: 8% (151) strings translated, 3% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>sr_Latn: 2% (41) strings translated, 0% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>tr: 6% (119) strings translated, 2% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>zh: 14% (271) strings translated, 4% strings fuzzy</li>
<li>zh_TW: 33% (609) strings translated, 6% strings fuzzy</li>
</ul>
<h1><a name="index10h1"></a>Metrics</h1>
<ul>
<li>Tails has been started more than 890 226 times this month. This makes
28 717 boots a day on average.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://tails.boum.org/support/faq/index.en.html#boot_statistics">How do we know this?</a></p>
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