Ubuntu Privacy Remix

Ubuntu Privacy Remix 12.04r1 "Protected Pangolin"

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Project:
Ubuntu Privacy Remix
Series:
12.04
Version:
12.04r1
Code name:
Protected Pangolin
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Registrant:
Andreas Heinlein
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The UPR Team has published the first stable release of Ubuntu Privacy Remix 12.04r1 (Codename Protected Pangolin). UPR is a live system to protect from spying and data theft. The new release will be presented at LinuxTag 2014 in Berlin (Talk at Thu, May 8th, 9:30pm).

UPR 12.04r1 is designed to boot on newer machines with UEFI + SecureBoot and supports lots of new hardware; but keeps running even on old machines by using the traditional and lightweight GNOME Classic desktop environment.

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New Features and Changes in UPR 12.04r1

* Updated base system to Ubuntu 12.04.4, using Kernel 3.8 and X.Org 7.7. Runs on nearly all modern hardware.
* Boots on UEFI machines, including Secure Boot
* Furthermore, other than included in Ubuntu 12.04, newer Versions of LibreOffice (4.2), Scribus (1.4.2) and GIMP (2.8)
* New software packages: Texmaker fronted for LaTeX, PiTiVi & Ariste for video editing, Inkscape vector graphics program
* Most recent printer drivers from Ubuntu 14.04
* Uses GNOME Classic for maximum compatibility with older hardware
* Bug fixes and minor new features in the frontends for TrueCrypt and GnuPG
* New security feature: RAM wiping at shutdown - prevents so-called "Cold Boot Attacks"

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