Tor Browser:
I don’t plan on doing a ton of web-browsing on this system, but it’s useful for accessing information, including this WordPress site. I heard about Tor in the past, and don’t plan on doing anything top secret, but never used it. One side benefit maybe less spam. Another side benefit is that I believe this is one of the best app installers for Raspberry Pi. As an experiment, I’m going to install on my new Raspberry Pi 5 setup. When it’s all installed, it’s easy to download the latest Tor Browser from the: Menu, Internet, Tor Browser Nightly menu.
Sourcing the installer (Pi-Apps):
-Looks like the 64-bit version is still in development, and the Raspberry Pi folk are OK with using Pi-Apps for sourcing the latest from Sourceforge, and then installing. Other option is to do it manually with tar files, but then I’m on my own for updates.
-Open terminal and enter the following:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash
Note: The -qO- is “O” as in output
NOTE: Wow! It’s been a while since I did command line stuff. Took me several tries, but: Needing a capital O; needed a hyphen after the O; needed one space after the O; needed me to not misspell Botspot. Yeesh! Great. Now I have a Pi-Apps icon on desktop, and also within Menu, Accessories.
Installing Tor, using Pi-Apps:
-Menu, Accessories, Pi Apps
-Internet. Browsers
-There is a ton, but I want “Tor”
-Install in bottom right of pop-up
-Some links in order to donate, which I’ll consider later
-Done. Version installed was:
Running Tor, for the first time:
-Menu, Internet, Tor Browser Nightly
NOTE: It says in top-right that it’s not connected. There is a selection for “Always connect automatically”. An option to Configure Connection. And, Connect button.
-For now, I left blank the “Always connect automatically”; didn’t change anything; and clicked Connect.
-Well… It connected, so that’s good.