Re: [Tails-dev] Additional Storage document confusion

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Autor: duc01k
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Assumpte: Re: [Tails-dev] Additional Storage document confusion
Opened a bug: https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/18232

duc01k--- via Tails-dev:
> Hi.
>
> This is a different point to the one I just made about being deanonymized.
>
> https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/additional_software/index.en.html
>
> When I was reading the documentation for that feature again I realized I
> had misunderstood the 'Install Only Once' feature. This only prevents
> the software from being _Installed_ automatically:
>
>> If you choose Install Only Once, the package is also saved in the
>> Persistent Storage but won't be reinstalled automatically every time
>> you start Tails
>
> But then I realized the confusion is because of the documentation,
> because there is a section headed 'Removing additional software'. After
> reading the section again I realized it should be headed '_Uninstalling_
> additional software' because that's what it's referring to. The word
> remove in most of this section should be changed to 'uninstalling' I think.
>
> The very end of that section talks about 'removing' additional software
> again, but this time it _does_ mean from the persistent storage
> completely and that doesn't need to be changed.
>
> Could you also update this section or add a new one to advise users on
> the best way to identify and re-install uninstalled persistent software?
>
> Thanks guys.
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