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[[!meta title="Celebrating 10 years of Tails!"]]
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[[!tag announce]]
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In 2019, we are especially proud of celebrating with you the 10 years of Tails.
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The first release of Tails, back then *amnesia*, was announced in 2009. Since then we released 98 versions of Tails, which were used more than 40 million times.
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Here are some stories about how it all started and some vintage screenshots. But first of all, the birthday cake!
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2009&ndash;2010: amnesia, T(A)ILS, and their ancestors
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Today, Tails is based on Debian, Tor, and GNOME. We inherit from their work and try to contribute back in order to create a healthy ecosystem of reliable, secure, and usable tools.
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When we started the *amnesia* project back in 2009, other projects before us paved the way to what is Tails today:
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[Knoppix](http://www.knoppix.org/), born in 2000 and still alive today, was the first popular live Linux distribution. Back then, it was a groundbreaking achievement to be able to start and use Linux without going through lengthy, very complex, and uncertain Linux install "parties". Knoppix was primarily designed for convenience and diagnosis.
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[ELE](https://web.archive.org/web/20050422130010/http://www.northernsecurity.net:80/download/ele/), born in 2005 and based on Damn Small Linux, [Anonym.OS](https://web.archive.org/web/20060212030338/http://theory.kaos.to:80/projects.html), born in 2006 and based on OpenBSD, and [Incognito](https://web.archive.org/web/20071213084719/http://www.browseanonymouslyanywhere.com/incognito/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=41), born in 2007 and based on Gentoo, pushed the concept of live operating systems a bit further by focusing on security, online anonymity, and the use of Tor.
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*Incognito*
was the first live operating system to include a full set of
applications preconfigured to go through Tor (browser, email
client, IRC client, etc.), offer a persistent *Home*
directory, and even allow hosting onion services.
*Incognito* was also the first live operating system to receive an
[official recognition from the Tor
Project](https://blog.torproject.org/incognito-and-tor-project-sign-licensing-agreement).
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The original author of *Incognito*, *Pat Double*, resigned in 2007 and *anonym*, who
still works for Tails today, took over the maintenance.
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This is how *amnesia* 0.2 and our website looked like in 2009. The browser was *Iceweasel* with *Tor Button* and the Tor controller was *TorK*.
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[[!img amnesia-0.2.png link="no" alt=""]]
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2011-2014: core features, Tails 1.0, and public recognition
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Until Tails 1.0 (April 2014), we would develop most of the core features that make Tails today:
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[[!img logos.png link="no" alt=""]]
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