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  • Tails 6.19 is out

    From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy,alt.anonymous on Thursday, August 21, 2025 17:19:33
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    https://tails.net/news/version_6.19/index.en.html


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  • From Stefan Claas@pollux@yeffqiea4xtcu6woyab6z6bz4oehisfuzgtmk4e277bydq25p7nha7ad.onion to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy,alt.anonymous on Thursday, August 21, 2025 20:02:41
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    Nomen Nescio wrote:

    https://tails.net/news/version_6.19/index.en.html



    How do you boot Tails, on a USB stick, in a public
    library or an Internet Café, without resetting the
    PC, so that you start it within Windows?

    Regards
    Stefan
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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy,alt.anonymous on Thursday, August 21, 2025 12:34:54
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    Stefan Claas wrote:
    How do you boot Tails, on a USB stick, in a public
    library or an Internet Café, without resetting the
    PC, so that you start it within Windows?

    If you have plenty of ram, so that you can run 2 operating systems +
    other applications at the same time, you can use a VM virtual machine to
    boot the Tails, which is a linux operating system.

    Personally I don't use VMs, as I prefer various other methods to boot a different OS.

    The Tails site makes some provisions for 'installing' to Win 8 or 10,
    but not 7. If you want to be running W7 and not reboot, you would need
    to use a VM, and Tails gives instructions for that.

    https://tails.net/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/index.en.html

    I just dl'd the current Tails to a Ventoy'd SSD and tried to boot it,
    but it failed; I may have to make some special Ventoy arrangements for
    Tails as I have for Puppy and EasyOS. In the meantime, if I were going
    to boot it, I would choose the USB route, which is more reliable.
    --
    Mike Easter
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  • From Stefan Claas@pollux@yeffqiea4xtcu6woyab6z6bz4oehisfuzgtmk4e277bydq25p7nha7ad.onion to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy,alt.anonymous on Thursday, August 21, 2025 22:05:58
    From Newsgroup: alt.privacy

    Mike Easter wrote:
    Stefan Claas wrote:
    How do you boot Tails, on a USB stick, in a public
    library or an Internet Café, without resetting the
    PC, so that you start it within Windows?

    If you have plenty of ram, so that you can run 2 operating systems +
    other applications at the same time, you can use a VM virtual machine to
    boot the Tails, which is a linux operating system.

    Personally I don't use VMs, as I prefer various other methods to boot a different OS.

    The Tails site makes some provisions for 'installing' to Win 8 or 10,
    but not 7. If you want to be running W7 and not reboot, you would need
    to use a VM, and Tails gives instructions for that.

    https://tails.net/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/index.en.html

    I just dl'd the current Tails to a Ventoy'd SSD and tried to boot it,
    but it failed; I may have to make some special Ventoy arrangements for
    Tails as I have for Puppy and EasyOS. In the meantime, if I were going
    to boot it, I would choose the USB route, which is more reliable.


    Thanks a lot for the information! I doubt however that PC's in a public
    library or Internet Café have plenty of RAM, to use such a set-up. Well,
    I may have then to look for other alternatives, like a very small Linux
    distro, which can then be hardened and used with privacy tools there.

    Regards
    Stefan
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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy,alt.anonymous on Thursday, August 21, 2025 14:37:36
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    Mike Easter wrote:
    In the meantime, if I were going to boot it, I would choose the USB
    route, which is more reliable.

    I dl/d the Tails, verified it w/ their browser tool, wrote it to a USB
    w/ linux Disks (=gnome-disk-utility) which was suggested at the Tails
    site, and booted it on the same hardware that the Ventoy SSD Tails
    failed. That worked fine.

    Stefan Claas wrote:
    I doubt however that PC's in a public library or Internet Café have
    plenty of RAM, to use such a set-up.

    OIC what/where you are at. I don't have any experience using a device
    in a lib'y or cafe, but when I used to shop at a big hardware
    storefront, they would have demo PCs setup, and I would want to know
    about the hardware's compatibility w/ linux, so I would take a USB stick
    in to boot a live linux.

    But, I can't predict if the lib'y or cafe would disable such a 'trick'.
    If it were 'my' lib'y or cafe, I would. :-)
    --
    Mike Easter
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  • From Nomen Nescio@nobody@dizum.com to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy,alt.anonymous on Friday, August 22, 2025 01:29:49
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    Stefan Claas wrote:

    SNIP

    Well, I may have then to look for other alternatives,
    like a very small Linux > distro, which can then be
    hardened and used with privacy tools there.


    Puppy Linux https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/

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  • From Stefan Claas@pollux@yeffqiea4xtcu6woyab6z6bz4oehisfuzgtmk4e277bydq25p7nha7ad.onion to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy,alt.anonymous on Friday, August 22, 2025 12:43:19
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    Nomen Nescio wrote:
    Stefan Claas wrote:

    SNIP

    Well, I may have then to look for other alternatives,
    like a very small Linux > distro, which can then be
    hardened and used with privacy tools there.


    Puppy Linux https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/


    Thank you.

    Regards
    Stefan
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  • From Stefan Claas@pollux@yeffqiea4xtcu6woyab6z6bz4oehisfuzgtmk4e277bydq25p7nha7ad.onion to alt.privacy.anon-server,alt.privacy,alt.anonymous on Friday, August 22, 2025 12:46:24
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    Mike Easter wrote:

    Stefan Claas wrote:
    I doubt however that PC's in a public library or Internet Café have
    plenty of RAM, to use such a set-up.

    OIC what/where you are at. I don't have any experience using a device
    in a lib'y or cafe, but when I used to shop at a big hardware
    storefront, they would have demo PCs setup, and I would want to know
    about the hardware's compatibility w/ linux, so I would take a USB stick
    in to boot a live linux.

    I like to use it for mobility, when not carrying a notebook with me and
    only have my Kanguru Defender 3000 USB stick with me.

    But, I can't predict if the lib'y or cafe would disable such a 'trick'.
    If it were 'my' lib'y or cafe, I would. :-)

    Probably. ;-)

    Regards
    Stefan

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