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Install Tor Browser on Linux [Step-by-Step]

Have you ever wondered how to protect your #privacy while browsing over the internet? The first solution that comes to your mind is using a #VPN. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) can be quite reliable for browsing the #internet #anonymously; however, there is a catch. A VPN works by routing your traffic to a remotely configured server where all your traffic originates. The flaw behind that is that there are VPN companies that store all your logs. Therefore, your #IP address can still be traced back to you in case of any arising issue.

A better solution for preventing all these uncertainties is using the #Tor browser. With Tor #Browser, no one can trace your daily use, what you are doing online, the kinds of websites you visit and your logs are not stored anywhere. Additionally, it's the only browser that would enable you to access the Dark #Web.

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Install Tor Browser on Linux [Step-by-Step] | GoLinuxCloud

Step by Step instruction to install tor browser on Linux. Two different methods to install and launch tor browser using terminal
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#privacy #internet #browser #TOR #web #VPN #IP #anonymously
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David
David
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  1. Download.
  2. Unpack.
  3. Double-click.

This isn't even installation, as that is normally understood. Just download and use. Because you don't need to install it, in the traditional sense, you can even keep it on a flash drive that you can use on multiple computers. All the config files, downloads, and the software itself are kept in the same folder. MinusBrowser, which also has Tor built in, works the same way.

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tom s
tom s
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@David yes. This is an article for beginners. Two different methods to install and launch tor browser using terminal.
@David
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David
David
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BTW, https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/12.5.1/tor-browser-linux64-12.5.1_ALL.tar.xz

Just glanced at the linked article. That is not the normal method for getting and using Tor Browser.

The distro's package manager is not normally involved in any way with Tor Browser.

You might think that you need the distro's package manager to get automatic updates, but that's not true either. Tor Browser takes care of updating itself.

Tor Browser doesn't have different versions for different distros. Where there might be problems with having the right versions of libraries, Tor Browser has the necessary libraries already in its folder. E.g., ~/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/libstdc++ and ~/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/TorBrowser/Tor

MinusBrowser works the same way with its copy of Tor.

I like this way of packaging software. It makes software portable, in two or three different senses of the word "portable."

Package managers have their place, but they have issues.

  • All the packages installed are reported to you, but you are not told what files and folders are created and where they are.
  • The GPL requires that you be given the source code, but the installer does not give you the option of downloading the source code when you install the software. Neither does the package manager give you detailed instructions for downloading the source code.
  • When you uninstall, not all the files and folders created by installing are removed. You are not warned about this or given a list so that you can manually remove them.
  • When software installed by the package manager is run, it often creates (normally) hidden files and folders in your home folder. The package manager does not help you locate these in order to remove them after you uninstall the software.
  • Software installed by the package manager is not usually up to date. This would not be a problem if the software installed could update itself, but it can not. The package manager provides no mechanism for installed software to notify the package manager of updates made by the software itself.

I recognize that Tor Browser does not help with getting the source code. MinusBrowser, apart from its copy of Tor, consists of Bash and TCL scripts, so you necessarily have the source code.

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