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Hello all!
for those of you interested in security: we can use the Tor Browser directly from Porteus! I am posting this topic using the Tor Browser with a light modification to use it as root.
How to get it running in Porteus:
1. Enter the site torproject.org and search the Tor Browser for linux.
2. Download file tor-browser-linux64-10.0_en-US.tar.xz,
3. Extract it to "tor-browser_en-US" and move the folder to "optional"..
4. Open the file "tor-browser_en-US>Browser>start-tor-browser"
5. Search the file for the word "root"
6. One line before, where it reads "-eq 0", change the 0 to 1 so it reads "-eq 1"
7. Save the file.
If you would like to navigate annonimously, then go to "optional" and click on "tor-browser_en-US>start-tor-browser.desktop"
Enjoy!
for those of you interested in security: we can use the Tor Browser directly from Porteus! I am posting this topic using the Tor Browser with a light modification to use it as root.
How to get it running in Porteus:
1. Enter the site torproject.org and search the Tor Browser for linux.
2. Download file tor-browser-linux64-10.0_en-US.tar.xz,
3. Extract it to "tor-browser_en-US" and move the folder to "optional"..
4. Open the file "tor-browser_en-US>Browser>start-tor-browser"
5. Search the file for the word "root"
6. One line before, where it reads "-eq 0", change the 0 to 1 so it reads "-eq 1"
7. Save the file.
If you would like to navigate annonimously, then go to "optional" and click on "tor-browser_en-US>start-tor-browser.desktop"
Enjoy!
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is it a good idea running Tor Browser as root? a browser aimed at security and anonymity should run as standard user. though i not used it in ages having no clue about how recent Tor Browser handles such security matters.
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If you only use the Tor browser very seldom/occasionally, you will want to use the current version.
This script downloads the current version and starts it.
Very comfortable.
Comment:
This script only works for 64-bit systems
This script downloads the current version and starts it.
Very comfortable.
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#!/bin/bash
cd /home/guest/Downloads
wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/ &&
mv tor-browser* tor-browser.tar.xz
tar xfv tor-browser.tar.xz
rm tor-browser.tar.xz
cd tor-browser_en-US
mv start-tor-browser.desktop start-browser
./start-browser
# in line 3 and 7 "en-US" replace with de es fr it ru if necessary
This script only works for 64-bit systems
Tor Browser
The latest version of the Tor browser cannot be started in Porteus 4.0.
Therefore the script (above # 3) does not work in Porteus 4.0 Xfce.
The browser downloads but does not start.
See also #5 in
Change from Porteus 4.0 to Porteus 5.0
Therefore the script (above # 3) does not work in Porteus 4.0 Xfce.
The browser downloads but does not start.
See also #5 in
Change from Porteus 4.0 to Porteus 5.0
Tor Browser
Addendum:
The error only seems to occur in Porteus 4.0
I've tried the script (above #3) in other distros as well.
It works there.The Tor browser is launched.
The error only seems to occur in Porteus 4.0
I've tried the script (above #3) in other distros as well.
It works there.The Tor browser is launched.
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I tried the following:Kulle wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021, 09:25wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/ &&
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guest@porteus:/bin/linux/tor-browser$ wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-UK/download/
--2021-11-17 15:06:20-- https://www.torproject.org/en-UK/download/
Resolving www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)... 116.202.120.166, 95.216.163.36, 38.229.82.25, ...
Connecting to www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)|116.202.120.166|:443... connected.
^C
Same here:
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guest@porteus:/bin/linux/tor-browser$ wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/de/download/
--2021-11-17 15:07:48-- https://www.torproject.org/de/download/
Resolving www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)... 116.202.120.165, 38.229.82.25, 95.216.163.36, ...
Connecting to www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)|116.202.120.165|:443... connected.
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https://www.torproject.org/en-UK/download/
but the site never loads. Does that happen at times?
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@ Rava
..../en-UK/download/" is not valid, --> 404
Download link:
https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrow ... -US.tar.xz
..../en-UK/download/" is not valid, --> 404
Download link:
https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrow ... -US.tar.xz
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Worked for me.Kulle wrote: ↑12 Apr 2021, 09:25Code: Select all
wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/ &&
Ed
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^
Nope, same old same old:maybe in Germoney they now censor torproject.org as an "Anti CoVid conspiracy theory measurement"… :paranoid:
Nope, same old same old:
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/bin/linux/tor-browser$ wget -r -l 1 -nd -A tar.xz https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/
--2021-11-17 17:02:15-- https://www.torproject.org/en-US/download/
Resolving www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)... 38.229.82.25, 95.216.163.36, 116.202.120.165, ...
Connecting to www.torproject.org (www.torproject.org)|38.229.82.25|:443... connected.
Cheers!
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Tor Browser
To update Tor, I'm just opening the old version and let him update (you can force with Menu-->Help-->About Tor), then repack your module replacing the TOR-MODULE.xzm/home/guest/tor-browser_en-US folder with the new one in your $USER folder. ( /home/guest/tor-browser_en-US )
> Does not compute_
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=94310#p94310
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=84002#p84002
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=77174#p77174
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8584
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=94310#p94310
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=84002#p84002
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=77174#p77174
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8584
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Would that work with a very outdated one like e.g. tor-browser-gnu-linux-x86_64-1.1.11-dev-de_Fx_3.6.17.xzm from 2011? Aka a whooping 10 years outdated.
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I don't know... A hotlink to the last en-US version follows. You can unpack and create a module out of it by following the posted gif.
https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/ ... -US.tar.xz
If you can't reach torproject.org domain, then try to give Palemoon an anonymizer extension. download from here:
https://oshi.at/VEwuTJ
Note the file has been renamed as GNzF.xz
sha256sum:
13a1828cc892b38b0f5033482611c9ff30746a3df17bf0f359c529c4d647a5b3 tor-browser-linux64-11.0.1_en-US.tar.xz
as shown here:
> Does not compute_
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=94310#p94310
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=84002#p84002
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=77174#p77174
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8584
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=94310#p94310
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=84002#p84002
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?p=77174#p77174
https://forum.porteus.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=8584
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That download works like a charm. Weird thing, eh?M. Eerie wrote: ↑17 Nov 2021, 19:16f you can't reach torproject.org domain, then try to give Palemoon an anonymizer extension. download from here:
https://oshi.at/VEwuTJ
(currently downloading it)
Thanks a lot!
Added in 6 minutes 33 seconds:
Download complete, sha256 checks okay. But now it is bed time, probably I manage to work with it tomorrow.
Cheers!
Yours Rava
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The problem:
In some Linux distributions the latest version of the Tor browser doesn't work anymore
Look here:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 175703351/
Look here:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/appli ... sues/40693
I am using Porteus 4.0 64Bit Xfce.
And exactly the same issue occurs here:
Version 11.0 doesn't work.
The Tor 10.5.10 is the last version that I can run on Portus 4.0
In some Linux distributions the latest version of the Tor browser doesn't work anymore
Look here:
https://www.linuxquestions.org/question ... 175703351/
Look here:
https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/appli ... sues/40693
I am using Porteus 4.0 64Bit Xfce.
And exactly the same issue occurs here:
Version 11.0 doesn't work.
The Tor 10.5.10 is the last version that I can run on Portus 4.0
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When you want a current tor, seems your only option is to also have a Porteus 5,0rc3 and run that for tor.
I run 5.0rc3 and the current tor from above (tor-browser-linux64-11.0.1_en-US) seems to work fine. For now I just started it but not went online with it, but I presume when it starts and runs okay than the going online should also work.
Cheers!
Yours Rava
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