Long Wiki Edit Thread

It’s great!

Small note: Frequently Asked Questions - Whonix FAQ was supposed to be only for anonymity/privacy/security concerns such as 70 signatures not checked due to missing keys. So I can stop spending time on explaining technical details to and calming non-contributors thereby stalling development.

If users don’t apply Free Support Principle; or otherwise expect higher efforts from us than they’re investing; or experience other issues perhaps even legitimate bugs… If we don’t want to answer there… Not sure… Perhaps just not answer. Or a different FAQ link.

Free Support Principle was one major step in time management for the user support side. Frequently Asked Questions - Whonix FAQ was another major step in time management for the development side. I wonder why I didn’t get the idea earlier. If you see other steps that can be taken to improve time management please let me know.

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Probably 85% of the answers I’ve given I find by using the forum/wiki search engine. It not that difficult. Non replies are definitely in order for users that are constantly asking for support but put zero effort into finding their own answers imo.

This will come in handy.

No problem. I was thinking about cleaning up Free Support Princuple a little bit. (Not replacing content, just organizational) And perhaps add a few more links to offsite documentation.

Also,

Template:VPN/Setup/Support Request added to:

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@ryjorny are you still working on Whonix for macOS: Download and Installation?

No problem, the simpler the wiki is the more users we will have. It can be a steep learning curve.

Can someone please add a parameter for the signing key link [0] so I can redirect KVM users to this link instead: Whonix for KVM

[0] https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Template:DownloadTable

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Could you please clarify:

  • The current “Verify the images using the Signing Key” on that page would only then be for VirtualBox (using Patrick’s key)?

  • The KVM images can only be verified using your key i.e. not Patrick’s

So I would change the current “Verify the images using the Singing Key” to something like:

VirtualBox users should Verify the images using this Signing Key
KVM […]

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Yes and yes. I could make the signing key statement longer but it might make the table look unsightly and confuse users. That’s why I think a template parameter I can change to my link is better.

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@HulaHoop

Made those changes to the DownloadTable. Let me know if you need anything else.

You may want to tweak it a little?

https://whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Template:DownloadTable&diff=40043&oldid=40036

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@Patrick

The edits that were previously made to ( https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Template:DownloadTable ) broke the table.

Looks like this edit (or another recent one) broke some of the download links?

I’ll see if I can fix it.

Edit: Ok looks like the variables are not yet defined. Have to wait until then I guess?

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https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Template:DownloadTable works for me. Not directly but all pages using it (listed here: Login required - Whonix).

For example Whonix for Windows, macOS, Linux inside VirtualBox (fully functional) sets variables and calls Template:VirtualBox - Whonix which can calls https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Template:DownloadTable.

Whonix for KVM calls https://www.whonix.org/wiki/Template:DownloadTable directly. Also functional.

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So when I hit Download (v3 onion)

Ok, I was referring to ‘directly’ so this is not a problem. :slight_smile:

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Perfect. Thanks @0brand.

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Electrum now installed from stretch-backports.

https://whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Electrum&oldid=39867&diff=cur

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Additional resources were added to the Support page.

https://whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Support&oldid=38387&diff=cur

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new wiki page:

https://github.com/Whonix/qubes-whonix/blob/master/usr/share/uwt/qubes_torfied_dom0.txt links to this wiki page in case of dom0 configuration errors.

new FAQ entry:
Frequently Asked Questions - Whonix FAQ

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Nice! :slight_smile:

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If Thunderbird default install is not going to be reinstated then adding “apt-get install thunderbird enigmail” is needed? (on the wiki)

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Yes, I’ll take a look around and find the page(s) that need those instruction. Maybe a few pages can have that in a footnote.

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Updated Encrypted Email with Thunderbird page. Install thunderbird and enigmail was added. Though it would be best for users to try to install instead of trying to figure out if the packages are installed. Most users would get confused imo.

https://whonix.org/w/index.php?title=Encrypted_Email_with_Thunderbird_and_Enigmail&oldid=39319&diff=cur

//cc @tempest

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