[rt.torproject.org #335978] Feedback on Tails

[m***@protonmail.com]

Dear Debian,

Now that Tails (which is based on Debian) and the Tor Project have merged, I sent the Tor Project an email (see below), pointing out that many people, for many years, have been hoping and waiting for Tails to work on mobile phones, and asking them to use their resources to make it happen. They pointed me to old Tails developer discussions which basically said they can't do it because Debian doesn't support phones well enough.

As I understand, Tails used to be based on Ubuntu, and they switched to Debian because of the higher quality of its releases (ie, "it's ready when it's ready", not "it's ready on a certain date"). However, Ubuntu is developing a mobile version, and seems to understand that people want convergence between their desktop, laptop, and phone (ie, one small but powerful device which does everything).

Please work on making that kind of convergence possible for OSes which are based directly on Debian.

Best regards



-------- Original Message --------

Hello,
Thanks for reaching out but, unfortunately, Tails support for mobile phones is
not in the works and we don't have a plan to support it. For some background
on this please see these articles on the bug tracker,
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/6064
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wikis/handheld
cheers,
--
ebanam
Community Team, The Tor Project

Dear Tor Project,
Many people have been waiting many years for a version of Tails that works on mobile phones. Please use your resources to make that happen.
Best regards

[Danial Behzadi]

You can already Install and use Debian on mobile phones:
<https://wiki.debian.org/Mobian/>

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Post by m***@protonmail.com
Dear Debian,
Now that Tails (which is based on Debian) and the Tor Project have
merged, I sent the Tor Project an email (see below), pointing out
that many people, for many years, have been hoping and waiting for
Tails to work on mobile phones, and asking them to use their
resources to make it happen. They pointed me to old Tails developer
discussions which basically said they can't do it because Debian
doesn't support phones well enough.
As I understand, Tails used to be based on Ubuntu, and they switched
to Debian because of the higher quality of its releases (ie, "it's
ready when it's ready", not "it's ready on a certain date"). However,
Ubuntu is developing a mobile version, and seems to understand that
people want convergence between their desktop, laptop, and phone (ie,
one small but powerful device which does everything).
Please work on making that kind of convergence possible for OSes
which are based directly on Debian.
Best regards
-------- Original Message --------

Hello,
Thanks for reaching out but, unfortunately, Tails support for mobile phones is
not in the works and we don't have a plan to support it. For some background
on this please see these articles on the bug tracker,
<https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/issues/6064>
<https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/blueprints/-/wikis/handheld>
cheers,
--
ebanam
Community Team, The Tor Project

Dear Tor Project,
Many people have been waiting many years for a version of Tails

that works on mobile phones. Please use your resources to make that
happen.

Best regards

[m***@protonmail.com]

Thanks for your response. I will forward it to the Tor Project.

-------- Original Message --------

You can already Install and use Debian on mobile phones: https://wiki.debian.org/Mobian/

[Jeremy Stanley]

On 2024-10-24 00:19:19 +0000 (+0000), ***@protonmail.com wrote:
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Post by m***@protonmail.com
Please work on making that kind of convergence possible for OSes
which are based directly on Debian.

[...]

I personally use a Purism Librem 5 phone which runs PureOS based
directly on Debian, for example.