Re: [Tails-ux] Tails improvement

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Autore: Jean-Marie HURAND
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To: sajolida, Tails user experience & user interface design
Oggetto: Re: [Tails-ux] Tails improvement
Bonjour,

> Do you have examples of machines that are too old to boot on USB but
>> still fulfill the other system requirements for Tails to run fine?


Yes, my 2 old PC:

FUJITSU Esprimo P2560
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From: Apr. 2010
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual-Core CPU E5500 - 2,8 GHz
64 bits supported
Memory: 6 GB
Graphic card: nVidia GeForce GT220

HP Compaq dc5800 Business PC
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From: Oct. 2009
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2180 - 2 GHz
64 bits supported
Memory: 6 GB
Graphic: puces Express Intel Q33

They don't boot on USB. I have installed "Plop Boot Manager" and Tails
runs fine.

> It's also problematic to have so many websites blocking Tor. A solution
>> could be to make it possible to have a VPN after Tor
> https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/vpn_support/


I don't know how install VPN after Tor. In your link I read:
"We could write on how to use that in an "unsupported, advanced users
only, may kill kittens" part of the documentation."

I hope that this documentation will be written soon and that I will be
notified.

> You will get more attention (and trust) if you write
>> your text directly in the body of your emails.


Thank you for this information. Now, I know for the next time. Excuse me
for my .pdf files.

Happy new year,
Jean-Marie Hurand


sajolida:
> Jean-Marie HURAND:
>> Hello,
>
> Hi Jean-Marie,
>
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
>> Here, 2 attachments :
>>
>> 1) Solution to start Tails on a computer without USB boot and without
>> "Grub".
>
> Regarding "If the machine is too old for the BIOS to start on the USB":
> Do you have examples of machines that are too old to boot on USB but
> still fulfill the other system requirements for Tails to run fine?
>
> See https://tails.boum.org/doc/about/requirements/.
>
> Because personally, I don't know of any such machine...
>
>> 2) "Unsecurised Browser" issue.
>
> The "Unsafe Browser" in Tails is only meant as a way of logging in to
> captive portals and not as a general-purpose browser:
>
> https://tails.boum.org/doc/anonymous_internet/unsafe_browser/
>
> I know it's confusing that it looks like a general purpose browser
> without really being one. We want to fix this by having a better
> experience to logging in to captive portals:
>
> https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/network_connection/
>
> It's also problematic to have so many websites blocking Tor. A solution
> could be to make it possible to have a VPN after Tor:
>
> https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/vpn_support/
>
> ... or to lobby these websites to stop being against privacy.
>
> And also, please send PDFs to the list only when necessary. PDFs are a
> format of choice to send viruses and all kinds of attack and many people
> won't open them. You will get more attention (and trust) if you write
> your text directly in the body of your emails.
>