[Tails-ux] Startup Use Cases

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Author: Spencer
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To: tails-ux
Subject: [Tails-ux] Startup Use Cases
Hi,

I thought this would be of interest to this list. Especially to those
following the Startup flow [0], & [1].

Some, maybe many, swap the desktop environment for another during
startup.

>>
>> Spencer:
>> Would you be interested in documenting your typical startup experience
>> with
>> Tails and sharing? The main interest is seeing the modifications made
>> to
>> the default experience by power users with specific needs.
>>
>
> [Tester]:
> Here is a short version of it. This all happens in a span of about 5
> minutes. I don't bother setting up my ideal environment on Tails
> because
> it's too much extra work for a lazy person like me.
>
> I start tails.
>
> I remember the i2p option. Have to reboot to add it.
>
> After booting up I type my passphrase, set password, the usual.
>
> Wait for GNOME to load the desktop... takes like 2 minutes.
>
> Connect to the wifi, cursing the horrible usability of GNOME.
>
> Next thing I do is move to another TTY, add line `exec i3` into my
> .xinitrc and do `startx`.
>
> After all this i2p is probably still connecting to the network so wait
> a
> bit for that.
>
> Start chatting on i2p irc and browsing tor.
>


Wordlife,
Spencer

[0]: https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/network_connection/
[1]: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/10491