Re: about Tor in Linux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Jackie wrote: > I want do some programming with Tor, I've heared that Tor is developed > on Linux platform, so I want to switch my OS to Linux. But since Linux > has so many variations, I don't know which one should I install for > programming Tor? Hehe. =:oD This is a classic little thing in the Linux world (and I suppose *BSD folks would also be included): If you ask 10 people which distibution (a distribution is the term we use for what you called "variations") to use on something, you'll be likely to get somewhere between 5 and 10 different answers. =:o) I have my favorite... but I'm not going to interject it. As another person said, it generally doesn't matter too much. People pick up a feel for Linux distributions - and which one they want to use primarily - by trying different ones themselves. That's the nice thing about (many) Linux distributions being freely distributable. =:oD - -- F. Fox: A+, Network+, Security+ Owner of Tor node "kitsune" http://fenrisfox.livejournal.com -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBR6PPq+j8TXmm2ggwAQhPMA//fMnRZAfnMKitQgULMs1w2CnwfZbuKukG YS4iQZOkBAzNJsr5LK514u43CmL6AAxe+CjZucbW0Ljo5nfydULokvynw4ZO+zWb y9Bph0GeEE+fpraDZVQUGGo/vpZu/xM4vSKfnsjPIlSjwQyVyPIgK5C3n2610HIl +tdJW0v2+pBVSDB0SslpOg5Xkizj96/eGtbczwOej7OrR4M3RlchFVyJ631XB0co D6FYRSdkY6/e19kqzeDC0FXGcX6KiEaJJoEzWKX+kZAmxjI+tEd8N+5JpU2st8/9 r35sPS5HQKBzBWlXFRAO1ymmaZHDh9kN+e406Wi2zClhiZFJdfyNTVUeQK9CHkLK B5k+WK1aPTVx7vzTXyyYJKEB3dvSuvE0U8U4GsROx3dBQsRhbhzJYmtWQeffZe8l n4vSMJxWNuXnEq6zKjWuSC8VvBBAIjxNuYQ6Ny5s/nZAkUuxndqCdaeFxzlESkae wt9Zu0mof14cUuoR/oS1Hd1IB4UXRjvRyg2SKd+os5lT2fFcbDnwmB12pne40qp3 YkPyh4HfU32r2XqX5syhQ17vcj4O+viMgm8r6kIl+AyKJEANI04ROLM1aY6VNMDD Bzc+Uc/KN/KL5lzdNUFIB5RaGmv3Ipw9c/vSDreQDawgqACbcT124h4VnHOg6Caw lTGZf2sZvfg= =l1gO -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: about Tor in Linux
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 03:23:43PM +0800, Jackie wrote: > I want do some programming with Tor, I've heared that Tor is developed > on Linux platform, so I want to switch my OS to Linux. But since Linux > has so many variations, I don't know which one should I install for > programming Tor? There are many GNU/Linux distributions. If you're a newcomer to GNU/Linux, I'd advise starting with Debian, available from http://www.debian.org/ due to its excellent stability and support. But everyone will have their own opinions on this; you might want to look at http://www.distrowatch.org/ for an overview of different distributions. Dave -- Dave Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: about Tor in Linux
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 09:01:30 +0100 Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jackie schrieb: >> I want do some programming with Tor, I've heared that Tor is developed on >> Linux platform, so I want to switch my OS to Linux. But since Linux has so >> many variations, I don't know which one should I install for programming Tor? >> >For tor, it really doesn't matter, since building it from source is >really easy. >So use a distribution that is a) safe, b) fits your needs, c) you feel >comfortable with. >As a server environment, SUSE or OpenSUSE have proven themselves (among >many others). For home/office use Ubuntu has become very popular since >it is very easy to set up. And then there's my favorite, gentoo - a real >allrounder, quite fast and (AFAIK) safe. >But that's just a couple of distributions I've been working with; there >are many others out there. Depending on what you want to do with it, my >suggestions might or might not be good choices. >But again, for tor developement, any distribution will probably do. > I'll put in a plug for FreeBSD here, too. tor builds and installs with no modifications under FreeBSD 6.x and also seems not to have been afflicted in any dramatic way by at least some of the various memory leaks that have been identified on this list over the past several months. It hasn't caused any memory growth problem on my system yet in any version. When I was still updating my ports tree, it always built correctly from the port. I stopped updating the tree many months back when the FreeBSD ports team froze the tree in preparation for the switch from X.org 6.9 to 7.2, so all versions of tor that I've installed since that time I've built from the source tar archives available for download from the tor web site. It always builds correctly with no changes required at all. The torrc should be modified to taste, of course, but that's true anywhere. 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 * **
Re: about Tor in Linux
Jackie schrieb: > I want do some programming with Tor, I've heared that Tor is developed on > Linux platform, so I want to switch my OS to Linux. But since Linux has so > many variations, I don't know which one should I install for programming Tor? > For tor, it really doesn't matter, since building it from source is really easy. So use a distribution that is a) safe, b) fits your needs, c) you feel comfortable with. As a server environment, SUSE or OpenSUSE have proven themselves (among many others). For home/office use Ubuntu has become very popular since it is very easy to set up. And then there's my favorite, gentoo - a real allrounder, quite fast and (AFAIK) safe. But that's just a couple of distributions I've been working with; there are many others out there. Depending on what you want to do with it, my suggestions might or might not be good choices. But again, for tor developement, any distribution will probably do. Regards Andrew
about Tor in Linux
I want do some programming with Tor, I've heared that Tor is developed on Linux platform, so I want to switch my OS to Linux. But since Linux has so many variations, I don't know which one should I install for programming Tor?
