On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:52:18 +0000 "Steven J. Murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Recently I have been working on creating a distribution of Tor which >includes a pre-configured browser -- the Tor Browser Bundle. It is >intended for being run off an USB flash drive, but will probably also >be helpful to users who want an easy-to-setup packaging of Tor. > >More information and download links can be found here: > > http://torbrowser.torproject.org/ > >The bundle contains Firefox, Tor, Vidalia, Polipo and Torbutton. No >installation is needed (just unpack the contents). All the components >are automatically started by one double-click. > >The bundle is new, and contains development versions of Tor, Vidalia >and Torbutton, so should be considered a testing release. I do hope it >will be useful, and I'd appreciate comments, suggestions, and bug >reports. > I do hope that you, as well as others on this list who are developing portable versions of tor and tor-related applications and bundles thereof, are coordinating your efforts with the good folks at portableapps.com, who have already assembled a significant collection of portable applications suitable for burning onto CDs or flash drives, including Firefox, OpenOffice.org, and many associated packages (extensions, utilities, etc.) They even have a sort of "super bundle" called PortableApps Suite that contains ClamWin, Firefox, Gaim, OpenOffice.org, Sudoku, Sunbird, and Thunderbird. There is a "lite" version of the suite that substitutes AbiWord for OpenOffice.org, and a "base" version whose OpenOffice.org is a stripped-down version. Check all this stuff out at
http://portableapps.com It would be a shame either to duplicate the efforts of others needlessly or to keep your bundle(s) from the wider audience outside of the OR-TALK list. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************