New Tor distribution for testing: Tor Browser Bundle

[Silivrenion]

I did notice torbrowser was in the directory format that is friendly with
PortableApps format applications, so props on that.

Interesting take, taking what Portable Tor <http://portabletor.sf.net> has
done and bringing it to an all inclusive bundle.

On Jan 31, 2008 1:40 AM, Scott Bennett <bennett at cs.niu.edu> wrote:

>     On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:52:18 +0000 "Steven J. Murdoch"
> <tortalk+Steven.Murdoch at cl.cam.ac.uk> 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
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