Hi,
spencerone@???:
>> sajolida:
>> When installing Tails onto a USB stick from Windows, and for the time
>> being, you need to go through two USB sticks:
>>
>> A. The first one being installed using UUI from pendrivelinux.com
>> B. The second one being installed from the first one using Tails
>> Installer.
>> C. Then to be able to have a persistent volume you need to configure
>> it and restart again.
>>
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> Yes, having the installer live outside of Tails, eliminating the second
> device, would be nice.
>
>>
>> We've been looking for names to describe those three different kind of
>> USB stick to the user. So far we've came up with:
>>
>> - "Temporary Tails", for the USB stick created in step A. We want to
>> push people to consider this only as a temporary step before getting
>> to a "real" Tails, because such devices don't benefit from automatic
>> upgrades (that's a security issue) and you can't create a persistent
>> volume on them (that's a usability issue).
>>
>> Some people have proposed "pre-Tails" as well.
>>
>
> Both 'Temporary Tails' and 'pre-Tails' make sense. 'Almost Tails',
> Not-quite-yet Tails', and 'Baby Tails' come to mind, and are quite fun,
> but are not too useful in communicating the level.
I don't like "pre-Tails" very much, I find it too a technical kind of term.
>> - "Minimal Tails", for the USB stick created in step B. We want to
>> convey the idea that this is a good-enough Tails but with limited
>> features: you have automated upgrades but no persistence, though you
>> can create one on the same device if you want.
>>
>> Some people have proposed "Tails" only for this one.
>>
>
> 'Minimal Tails' suggests minimal functionality, which is not the case.
> 'Tails w/o Storage' might be more appropriate. 'Tails' makes sense in
> this case. 'Good-enough Tails' is fun, too.
Here I agree that one should call this Tails what it is. If it's only
about storage, one should call it like this. If, in the future there are
other functionalities which are not available on this medium, then I
would be more in favour of calling it "Minimal Tails", "Tails" or
"Simple Tails".
>> - "Full-feature Tails", for the USB stick created in step C. This one
>> benefits from automatic upgrades and has a persistent volume
>> configured.
>>
>> Some people have proposed "Tails with persistence" for this one.
>>
>
> 'Tails w/ Storage' vs 'Tails w/ Persistence' seems most universally
> comprehendable. Seeing that this is the same level as 'B.', adding "w/
> Storage" to "Tails" seems appropriate. Otherwise, 'Maximum Tails' seems
> fitting, though isn't very proper.
I would say that Tails without persistence is not less than
"full-feature". It depends on the use case what full and minimal /
simple means, no? Full feature sort of suggests that you need this to
have everything. So maybe we can find a term which is not quantitative
here and not oppose "minimal" and "full"...
Cheers,
u.
