commit b20f06431df5e3c5fe6fefe0a7444127d4485da1 Author: championquizzer championquizzer@gmail.com Date: Fri Jan 29 16:47:26 2021 +0530

Fix #39 --- content/installation/contents.lr | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/installation/contents.lr b/content/installation/contents.lr index 732b241..80eef95 100644 --- a/content/installation/contents.lr +++ b/content/installation/contents.lr @@ -45,11 +45,14 @@ For GNU/Linux: 5. You'll need to tell your GNU/Linux that you want the ability to execute shell scripts from the graphical interface or the command line. Navigate to the newly extracted Tor Browser directory. Right click on `start-tor-browser.desktop`, open Properties or Preferences and change the permission to allow executing file as program. - On the terminal from inside the Tor Browser directory you may also execute `chmod +x start-tor-browser.desktop` to make the file executable. Double-click the icon to start up Tor Browser for the first time. + Double-click the icon to start up Tor Browser for the first time. + + **Note:** On Ubuntu and some other distros if you try to launch the start-tor-browser.desktop file a text file might open up. +To change this behavior and launch Tor Browser instead, follow this: Open "Files" (GNOME Files/Nautilus) → open Preferences → go to the 'Behavior' Tab → Select "Run them" or "Ask what to do" under "Executable Text Files". +If you choose the latter click on "Run" after launching the start-tor-browser.desktop file.

6. Alternatively, from inside the Tor Browser directory, you can also start from the command line by running:

`./start-tor-browser.desktop`

- See here on how to [update Tor Browser](https://tb-manual.torproject.org/updating/).