Open qTox then go to Advanced and scroll down to connection settings → Then disable “Enable IPv6” & “Enable UDP” , change Proxy Type to SOCKS5 , Address to 127.0.0.1 , Port to 9101 (or isolated port for it connection)
Ricochet & Onionshare has an Onion grater issue in “Extend onion-grater Whitelist” instruction step mentioned in the wiki.
CoyIM has an issue of freezing up and not connecting (need to kill it in order to close it) upstream ticket:
Yes since it modifies root owned files. Abolishing user/root separation
(on gateway only) would be a separate discussion.
Applications Test results:
qTox better privacy/Tor compatibility Tips:
Open qTox then go to Advanced and scroll down to connection settings → Then disable “Enable IPv6” & “Enable UDP” , change Proxy Type to SOCKS5 , Address to 127.0.0.1 , Port to 9101 (or isolated port for it connection)
Setting UDP will be futile. ( Tor - Whonix )
Otherwise good idea.
Ricochet & Onionshare has an Onion grater issue in “Extend onion-grater Whitelist” instruction step mentioned in the wiki.
Fixed in wiki.
CoyIM has an issue of freezing up and not connecting (need to kill it in order to close it) upstream ticket:
Add Workspace Switcher by default because if you open TBB and then open file manager and then press/hold the file manager top bar and go left of the screen then TBB page will disappear. it didnt disappear actually but the file manager window went to a new workspace. and in order to see all the work spaces you need to add workspace switcher plugin to the taskbar by default.
right click on the taskbar -> go to Panel -> Add New Items -> Workspace Switcher
then move the workspace switcher near to the browser icon (left) for better control.
I just used it normally and clicked register account and it works as expected. Just did it again now.
The hanging connection to the server you saw might be a network connectivity problem at the exit node, or a request throttling done to prevent spammers from that exit’s IP.
EDIT:
Let’s try to connect with coyIM too because there was a bug in the version in Stretch which kept making coy forget added contacts.
First thing I notice is both Gateway and Workstation have a GUI whonixcheck error right after first-run wizards finish:
WARNING: Debian Package Update Check Result: Could not check for software updates! (Timeout reached.) (apt-get code: 124)
Please manually check:
(Open a terminal, Start Menu → System → Terminal.)
Manual apt update / dist-upgrade commands work fine in terminal though.
BTW, should we move from apt-get to apt?
I read last week that the Debian world is moving in the direction of suggesting apt by default and that best practice is such that apt-get should only be used if necessary for a function that apt itself can’t provide (similar to aptitude does over apt-get). It would be neater and less daunting for the user to work with.
I read last week that the Debian world is moving in the direction of suggesting apt by default and that best practice is such that apt-get should only be used if necessary for a function that apt itself can’t provide (similar to aptitude does over apt-get). It would be neater and less daunting for the user to work with.
Citation would be useful. We can consider this after Whonix 15 stable
release.
Yeah I couldn’t find it that time, but found it now. It was this article:
So it seems apt is a little more user-friendly (in general) and is in Debian by default.
It shows in a table that apt-get dist-upgrade → becomes → apt full-upgrade.
Annoying that apt, apt-get and aptitude are all slightly different with different pros vs. cons, but at least we have choice for different situations. I had to use the deluxe aptitude to install a particularly difficult-to-install package that required sid repo dependencies on a Tails Debian the other week.
