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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: stemcell on January 27, 2013, 02:56 am
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I searched all over and cant find a walk through guide...hopefully from start to finsih. Anyone created one or can point me in a direction?
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What are you trying to build it on?
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meaning what prorgram for example like windows seven or what exactly? Sorry im not to tech savy but trying to learn.
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Alrighty, well I don't believe that there is a real step by step guide, so I'll just start with some intro advice.
Liberte' linux is it's own OS.. so you can't just run it with windows or what have you like you would with say the tor browser bundle, or itunes. Rather, you have to give it it's own environment so that it can install and run itself as a entirely new "computer" hosting on your hardware. There are a few ways to do this, most notably with either a Live usb (usb that is a bootable device) or a virtual machine.. I reccommend the virtual machine as it is easy to stumble through putting together.. however the usb install can plug into any machine and boot up, which can be cool.
Firstly let's explain virtualization.. go and download/install a program called virtualbox. this program once installed will allow you to build virtual machines.... or computers within computers :o A virtualization program essentially divides up your computers hardware to allow for multiple operating systems to run in their own sand-boxed environment side by side..
Go to Liberte' linux homepage and you will see a few download options, choose the "open virtualization format" or otherwise known as the ova format. Allow it to download from sourceforge.
Open virtualbox and go to "file" then "import appliance".. this will open an import wizard.
Select "choose" and find the liberte ova file you just downloaded.. once you've done this just hit next.
A list of details and config settings will open, just go ahead and leave all of the defaults for now.. next button
With any luck it will now assemble your new machine and show it in virtualbox 8)
Awesome, select your new machine and hit "start". you should see a window open and beautiful text start filling up your screen as the first time boot gets underway.. After a moment the text will ask you to enter a password.. this password is what encrypts the persistence and allows you to login so make sure this is one of those "important" passwords that you won't forget.
Aaaand there you should be!
If you have any more questions let me know.. maybe later I'll write up a Live usb guide
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Thanks sirius, in your opinion whats better and easier to use. Kelpoatra, Liberty, and or ....shit im drawing a blank lemme look it up and get back
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kleopatra, liberty or tails?
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I personally have used both tails and liberte' quite a bit, and I would have to give the reccommendation to liberte'.. To the best of my knowledge kleopatra is nothing more than a cert. manager for running gpg in windows.. which is cool, but it's not a standalone secure OS like tails or liberte'..
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ok so I dont even need kleopatra. deleting now. The more i read the more confused /i get. im just going to stick with learning liberty and not look at anything else. It just throws me throgh loops and makes me second guess myself. thanks alot for your input.
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No problem man, yeah there is definitely a world full of information to learn.. so just stay methodical and don't get all fragmented and stressed out.. if you have any problems feel free to message me as I log in most days. I know my shit pretty well and am glad to help those in need of assitance. first things first get liberte running.. then worry about everything else