[tor-teachers] Tails 3.0

[Mathieu Goessens]

Silkie Carlo:
>> Will Tails 3.0 and updates beyond that be only for 64-bit computers?
>>
>> Many high risk users are using Tails with Thinkpad X60s and other,
>> older modified 32-bit machines.

AntiTree:
> TAILS should automatically figure out which type of kernel to run
> between 64 and 32. Most of the userland stuff is running 32bit though
> unless that's changed. When you go download the iso right now it says
> TAILS i386. So AFAIK, it should support both. Are you having a specific
> problem or error?

Actually, yes, Tails automatically choose a either 32-bit or 64-bit
kernel, and use a 32-bit userland. But Silkie is right, this is planned
to change in Tails 3.0 (to be released based on Debian Jessie).

Rational is that the actual behavior was causing some issues, that it
prevents to ship a 64-bit version and to leverage 64-bit security
features, and that only about 5% of the Tails on the wild seems to use
32-bit. More details in https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/8183.

I guess that a better place to discuss that topic and to raise concerns
if any would be the tails-dev mailing list:
https://tails.boum.org/about/contact/index.en.html#index4h2

Best,
-- 
Mathieu Goessens

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