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Below we define some terms that are used in a somewhat or 100% special meaning within the Tails community.
For other terms, use The Jargon Lexicon
(apt install dict-jargon
),
V.E.R.A.
(apt install dict-vera
), the
Wiktionary and
Wikipedia.
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The words
DSA: Debian Security Advisory. See https://security.debian.org for already issued advisories.
freeze:
a late stabilization period of time in the Tails release schedule, when no new changes are merged anymore into the Git branch used to prepare the next release of Tails but fixes for serious bug and security issues;
the beginning of the said phase.
Help desk (formerly: Front desk): see the definition of this shifting role
Welcome Screen: the startup menu, aka tails-greeter
IUK: Incremental Upgrade Kit, see upgrades
known issues: issues that we are aware of and don't need being reported again, see known issues
MAT: see Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit
Metadata Anonymisation Toolkit: tool to clean metadata from plenty of document formats, see MAT's website
monthly reports: published in the news once a month
Persistent Storage (aka tps as abbreviation for Tails Persistent Storage): the opt-in feature that allows storing data and configuration across Tails sessions in an encrypted partition, see persistence
Release manager: see the definition of this shifting role
RM: see Release Manager
Trusted reproducer: the person verifying reproducibility of released images
TR: see Trusted reproducer
WB: see WhisperBack.
WhisperBack: see 3.5 Feedback in the design document.