Tails

Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship.

Installation⚑

Upgrading a tails USB⚑

Configure some applications⚑

pass⚑

To configure pass you need to first configure the persistent storage and then:

echo -e '/home/amnesia/.password-store source=pass' | sudo tee -a /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/persistence.conf > /dev/null

Restart tails and then initialize the pass store with pass init your-gpg-id.

Configure the persistent storage⚑

Dotfiles⚑

When the Dotfiles feature is turned on:

• All the files in the /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles folder are linked in the Home folder using Linux symbolic links.

• All the files in subfolders of /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles are also linked in the corresponding subfolder of the Home folder using Linux symbolic links.

• A shortcut is provided in the left pane of the Files browser and in the Places menu in the top navigation bar to access the /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles folder.

For example, having the following files in /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles:

/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles
├── file_a
├── folder
│   ├── file_b
│   └── subfolder
│       └── file_c
└── emptyfolder

Produces the following result in /home/amnesia:

/home/amnesia
├── file_a → /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/file_a
└── folder
    ├── file_b → /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/folder/file_b
    └── subfolder
        └── file_c → /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/folder/subfolder/file_c

Troubleshooting⚑

Change the window manager⚑

Don't do it, they say it it will break Tails although I don't understand why

References⚑

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