Tails was first released in [August 2009](https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2009-August/002667.html), when it was still called `*amnesia`*.In 2019, Tails [[celebrated 10 years of existence|news/celebrating_10_years]].
Tails was first released in [August 2009](https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2009-August/002667.html), when it was still called *amnesia*.In 2019, Tails [[celebrated 10 years of existence|news/celebrating_10_years]].
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Tails was inspired by the [[Incognito LiveCD|https://web.archive.org/web/20090220133020/http://anonymityanywhere.com/]]. The Incognito author declared it to be dead on March 23, 2010, and wrote that Tails "*should be considered as its spiritual successor*".
Tails was inspired by the [[Incognito LiveCD|https://web.archive.org/web/20090220133020/http://anonymityanywhere.com/]]. The Incognito author declared it to be dead on March 23, 2010, and wrote that Tails "*should be considered as its spiritual successor*".
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Some ideas (were borrowed from Liberté Linux,in particular the improvements to the [[contribute/design/memory_erasure]] procedure) were borrowed from Liberté Linux.