Re: [Tails-ux] Terminology for the web assistant: different …

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Autor: flapflap
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Asunto: Re: [Tails-ux] Terminology for the web assistant: different kinds of Tails
u:
> 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.


[snip]

>>> 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.


Maybe it also is too technical, but what about "Bootstrap(ping) Tails"?
That could express that it's a installation/intermediate/setup stage
towards a "higher" setup stage, like in GCC.

Thinking as a translator on the other hand, I can already imagine
difficulties and discussions to express the term correctly.

~flapflap