[tor-teachers] Tails 3.0

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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.

Also https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/11997#note-1

> 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

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