On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 7:17 AM, Patrick Schleizer < patrick-mailingli...@whonix.org> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > After more than two years of development, the Whonix Project is proud > to announce the release of Whonix 14. > > Whonix 14 is based on the Debian stretch (Debian 9) distribution which > was released in June 2017. This means users have access to many new > software packages in concert with existing packages such as a modern > branch of GNuPG, and more. [1][2][3] > > **Major Changes and New Features** > > Whonix 14 contains extensive security and usability improvements, new > features and bug fixes. For a detailed description of these and other > changes, please refer to the official release notes. [4] > > * Rebased Whonix on **Debian stretch** (Debian 9). > * Whonix 14 is **64-bit** (amd64) only - 32-bit (i386) images will no > longer be built and made available for download. [5] > * The new **Anon Connection Wizard** [6] feature in Whonix simplifies > connections to the Tor network via a Tor bridge and/or a proxy. > * The Tor pluggable transport **meek_lite** [7] is now supported, > making it much easier to connect to the Tor network in heavily > censored areas, like China. [8] > * **Onioncircuits** are installed by default in Whonix. [9] > * Tails' **onion-grater** program has been implemented to enable > **OnionShare, Ricochet and Zeronet** compatibility with Whonix. [10] > * **Onion sources** are now preferred for Whonix updates/upgrades for > greater security. > * Reduced the size of the default, binary Whonix images by > approximately **35 per cent** using zerofree. [11] [12] > * **Updated Tor** to version 3.3.7 (stable) release to enable full v3 > onion functionality for both hosting of onion services and access to > v3 onion addresses in Tor Browser. > * Created the **grub-live package** [13] which can run Whonix as a > **live system** on non-Qubes-Whonix platforms. [14] > * Corrected and hardened various **AppArmor profiles** to ensure the > correct functioning of Tor Browser, obfsproxy and other applications. > > > **Known Issues** > > * Desktop shortcuts are no longer available in non-Qubes-Whonix. > * OnionShare is not installed by default in Whonix 14 as it is not in > the stretch repository. [15] It can still be manually installed by > following the Whonix wiki instructions [16] or building it from source > code. [17] > * Enabling seccomp (Sandbox 1) in /usr/local/etc/torrc.d/50_user.conf > causes the Tor process to crash if a Tor version lower than 0.3.3 is > used. [18] [19] > > > While there may be other issues that exist in this declared stable > release, every effort has been made to address major known problems. > > Please report any other issues to us in the forums, after first > searching for whether it is already known. > > https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Known_Issues > > **Download Whonix 14** > > Whonix is cross-platform and can be installed on the Windows, macOS, > Linux or Qubes operating systems. Choose your operating system from > the link below and follow the instructions to install it. > > https://www.whonix.org/download/ > > **Upgrade to Whonix 14** > > Current Whonix users (or those with 32-bit hardware) who would prefer > to upgrade their existing Whonix 13 platform should follow the upgrade > instructions below. > > https://whonix.org/wiki/Upgrading_Whonix_13_to_Whonix_14 > > **What’s Next?** > > Work on Whonix 15 is ongoing and interested users can refer to the > roadmap to see where Whonix is heading. [20] > > Developer priorities are currently focused on easing the transition to > the next Debian release due in 2019 (“buster”; Debian 10) and > squashing existing bugs, rather than implementing new features. > > We need your help and there are various ways to contribute to Whonix - > donating or investing your time will help the project immensely. Come > and talk with us! [21] > > **References** > > [1] https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617 > [2] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ > [3] https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ > [4] https://whonix.org/wiki/Whonix_Release_Notes#Whonix_14 > [5] Whonix 13 users with 32-bit systems can however upgrade their > platform by following the available wiki instructions, rather than > download new Whonix-WS and Whonix-GW images. > [6] https://whonix.org/wiki/Anon_Connection_Wizard > [7] https://www.whonix.org/blog/meek_lite-whonix-14 > [8] > https://github.com/Yawning/obfs4/commit/611205be681322883a4d73dd00fcb13c > 4352fe53 > <https://github.com/Yawning/obfs4/commit/611205be681322883a4d73dd00fcb13c%0A4352fe53> > [9] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/onioncircuits > [10] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T657 > [11] https://phabricator.whonix.org/T790 > [12] VirtualBox .ova and libvirt qcow2 raw images. The Whonix-Gateway > is reduced from 1.7 GB to 1.1 GB, while the Whonix-Workstation is > reduced from 2 GB to 1.3 GB. > [13] https://whonix.org/wiki/Whonix_Live > [14] grub-live is optional and requires the user to first enable it > manually. > [15] https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=onionsha > re > [16] https://whonix.org/wiki/Onionshare > [17] https://github.com/micahflee/onionshare/blob/master/BUILD.md#gnulin > ux > [18] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22605 > [19] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/tor > [20] https://phabricator.whonix.org/maniphest/query/open/ > [21] https://forums.whonix.org > Many thanks for the hard work. My upgrade to Whonix 14/Qubes 3.2 worked, but only if sys-whonix depends on template whonix-gw, but if it depends on template whonix-gw-14 which would seem more appropriate to me, then it is unable to connect to Tor. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. 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