[graphical gui] Whonix Setup Wizard / Anon Connection Wizard - Technical Discussion

The problem is the autostart (/etc/xdg/autostart/whonix-setup-wizard.desktop) starts which then starts /usr/lib/whonix-setup-wizard/whonixsetup_check_for_start which then runs kdesudo whonix-setup-wizard setup.

  • autostart using kdesudo whonix-setup-wizard setup: In the workstation, if auto started, it should not run whonixcheck or show any setup. Specifically not in Qubes. And we have indeed no pages to show at this time.
  • the start menu entry( /usr/share/applications/whonix_setup.desktop) effectively results in running kdesudo whonix-setup-wizard setup: What should it do? A dead start menu entry showing no page and then just starting whonixcheck? Not very useful.

After moving all out of whonix-setup-wizard (wsw)

  • anon-connection-wizard (acw)
  • whonix-repository-wizard (wrw)
  • disclaimer deprecation

wsw currently is just an empty hull and has no purpose at all? Maybe whonixsetup and wsw should not longer be installed on Whonix-Workstation until new features are added?

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