Snowden's favourite Linux - Tails - rushes sec-fix version to market

Tails, the secure live-boot Linux made famous by Edward Snowden, has had a major revision release to Version 1.3. The new version, released after testing since February 12, combines various security fixes with new apps and simplified install, the developers say. The developers want to kill off the previous version, Tails 1.2. …

[Primus Secundus Tertius]

Secure and stable?

All this 'security' lark would be more convincing if the software remained stable for a few years.

[cantankerous swineherd]

Re: Secure and stable?

that would require proven software running on proven hardware. not going to happen in my lifetime, perhaps you'll live to see it?

[Primus Secundus Tertius]

Re: Secure and stable?

@cantank

I am 70. You are more likely than I am to see it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Devs know nothing........

If you want security, you hire security minded devs. Therein lies the problem, THERE ARE NONE. All they do is crank out bragging-rights code, which is later found to be flawed. SO HIRE THOSE THAT FIND THE FLAWS! No way, you say .... that costs money. No shit! Who wants to pay for quality? Not a CFO, that's who-not.