Is package anon-workstation-extra-applications useful?
Package: anon-workstation-extra-applications
Architecture: all
Depends: ${misc:Depends}
Recommends: anon-workstation-packages-recommended,
anon-workstation-default-applications, shutter,
gtk-recordmydesktop, libreoffice, kdenlive, kolourpaint4
Description: Complements anon-workstation-default-applications
A metapackage, which installs extra applications, to complement the
default applications.
.
Does not get installed by default, because extra applications
take too much space and are not required for everyone.
It was never documented. How could it be if I never let anyone know. sudo apt-get install anon-workstation-extra-applications could result in installing shutter, gtk-recordmydesktop, libreoffice, kdenlive, kolourpaint4. Does that sound useful? If not, I’d rather remove that from Whonix source code for simplification.
Note: since electum is not available in the stable repository no target in necessary when insalling i.e. -t buster install electrum. The package is installed from testing repository: electrum 3.1.3
Also, most of the documentation states that APT-conf should have:
APT::Default-Release "stable";
not
APT::Default-Release “stretch”;
More testing is need but I wanted to ask if I was heading in the right direction with this?
Nit: How come that file name 99defaultrelease? High number yes but maximum is bad since it can never be overruled.
Yes, stretch.
Indeed. Minor: When we make this a wiki template however it may be easier to just add -t buster.
We at Whonix don’t control what stable points to. Debian does. And when Debian does this can break things. Happened in past with electrum and our apt pinning template. So better leave it at specific codename stretch rather than generic codename stable.
Maybe ask in support forum if they think its useful?
PS Do you have “current sources” info listed somewhere for build documentation? Doesn’t appear in Whonix 14 build documentation.
This idea is linked in a couple of areas where I’ve been editing, but I couldn’t find it (so just changed to Dev/Build/Whonix14 documentation in general instead).
It says the opposite in that page? Just needs an update?
Build Documentation CurrentSources
DEPRECATED!
OPTIONAL!
Advanced users can install from Current Sources (custom) instead of from Frozen Sources (the Whonix default since version 7.4.0). Both options have security advantages and disadvantages.
Also, Network Time Synchronization issues →
Does sdwdate runs on only Whonix-Gateway or both WS and GW?
Needs clarification for user actions in this page:
Ha. Thanks for trying. There is always the option of cloning a template, ramming a sid flash player turd down its throat from unstable repos, destabilizing the clone and eventual AppVM, just to force the issue. Depends how bad we want it…
If necessary, install the alternative so Firefox will find the plug-in. If:
update-alternatives --list flash-mozilla.so
returns /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so, it’s set up correctly (this would be the case if you had the plug-in working in the past), but if it doesn’t, you need to run
Since that page says **DEPRECATED!** and isn’t referenced anywhere it could stay as is.
Both.
Both. Where depends on the user.
a) /rw/config/whonix_firewall.d/*.conf in TemplateBasedVM
b) /etc/whonix_firewall.d/*.conf in TempalteVM
When using a), it’s simpler for single VM but harder for multiple VM.
b) requires shutdown of TemplateVM plus restart of TemplateBasedVM.
a) allows for some VMs using it vs some not.
You might know to update that very page? Might have missed some discussion. Browser Plugins - Whonix ? Tor Browser had code to turn off flash I remember and quite likely still has.
Didn’t use flash in a long time. You need flash personally or any user asked about it? Is it just to update the flash leak test screenshot? In the latter case I wouldn’t mind so much. Didn’t come across a page that requires flash in years, yay! But that’s just me.