hi, a...@riseup.net wrote (26 Oct 2012 15:43:09 GMT) : > Tails 0.14 rc1 686-pae sees all my cpu cores and RAM
Nice to hear. > Time to test virtualization. Ah. FYI this is tracked on https://tails.boum.org/todo/add_virtualbox_host_software/ (I'll ignore the proprietary vmware thing in what follows.) > virtualbox 4.2 will now install, compile & insert kernel modules Nice to read! > https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads is verified by verisign, > so you only get verisign/ssl-level security A long-term solution for Tails would have to be based on Debian, rather than on Oracle's packages. Current status in Tails is a bit kludgy: we are shipping a 4.1.10-dfsg-1~bpo60+1 custom backport of the guest tools and drivers (custom because they are built against the xorg from squeeze-backports). > TODO: > 1. Calculate what size requirements there would be if virtualbox was ever > shipped with tails > 2. See how a git patch could be made that is easy simple and just makes > everything work well + check that issue, quoted directly from the aforementioned ticket: IIRC, VirtualBox host software sets iptables/netfilter up in a way that makes the guest system bypass the existing firewall / or be blocked by it, so some care should be taken on this side. > What does everyone think about virtualization and tails? Personally, I'd be very happy to see todo/add_virtualbox_host_software solved, but I lack time to do it any time soon. You are most welcome to go on working on this! :) Cheers, -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev
