Re: [Tails-dev] Tails-like system for tablets

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著者: Peter N. Glaskowsky
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To: The Tails public development discussion list
題目: Re: [Tails-dev] Tails-like system for tablets

>> Consumer tablets are cheap enough that we should be
>> thinking in terms of devoting the machine to Tails by installing the OS
>> to the internal storage rather than a USB or SD card.
>
> That is true. I think the hope was you could have a stock looking
> device, which you could switch into this mode for specific tasks, and
> then somehow switch out of it. Having a permanent TAILS device doesn't
> quite match the way people think of what TAILS is/does today. However, I
> agree we shouldn't get stuck on the boot device issue, and especially
> since there are < $100 tablets without base bands, asking people to have
> a dedicated device for something like this, is not a big deal.


And of course it’s just an option. An external boot device would still be preferred by many people.

> Otherwise, as mentioned in another thread, I think there is also a great
> possibility to focus on getting the actual current TAILS stack running
> on a Windows 8/10 compatible tablet, as opposed to some sort of
> semi-TAILS based on Android.


Right. That’s what I’m advocating, especially right now while these Bay Trail tablets are being so heavily subsidized by Intel. There’s just a bit of work to be done.

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