Re: [Tails-dev] Call for testing new tools and instructions …

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Szerző: sajolida
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Címzett: The Tails public development discussion list, Austin English, tchou
Tárgy: Re: [Tails-dev] Call for testing new tools and instructions to get started with Tails
Austin English:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 9:07 AM, sajolida <sajolida@???> wrote:
>> We are aware that the process of getting started with Tails
>> (downloading, verifying, installing, starting, and configuring) might be
>> the main stumbling block for its wider adoption.
>>
>> Over 2015, we have worked very hard to make this process easier and
>> today we are happy to release a first beta version of the new process.
>>
>> We worked on:
>>
>> 1. A Firefox add-on to automate the verification of the ISO image,
>>    written by Giorgio Maone, the author of NoScript.

>
> Awesome! Can confirm it works with Iceweasel on Debian Unstable
> (tested using 40.0.3-3). Really slick, thanks Giorgio.


Nice!

> I was surprised that the Other Linux instructions mention two usb
> drives but not an option to use a DVD and 1 usb drive. Was that
> intentional? I don't always have extra usb sticks available (or ones
> that I trust), but blank DVDs are relatively cheap (and that's how I
> first installed Tails ;) ).


Yes, we didn't mention this intentionally. We want to keep the final
number of possible scenarios (and thus the choice to make while choosing
one) to the minimum. We also thought that, as a global, tendency, DVD
drives are disappearing from laptops and USB sticks are getting super cheap.