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[tor-commits] [webwml/master] Remove suggestion to run a relay with Tor Browser
commit dd2563413c8f74d097c7b70f19a47e972931c51f
Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Feb 5 21:33:59 2016 +0100
Remove suggestion to run a relay with Tor Browser
Fixes #16704. Also de-emphasize some other OSes. Relays belong in data
centers these days
---
docs/en/tor-doc-relay.wml | 20 +++++---------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/en/tor-doc-relay.wml b/docs/en/tor-doc-relay.wml
index e2053bf..207826e 100644
--- a/docs/en/tor-doc-relay.wml
+++ b/docs/en/tor-doc-relay.wml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
</p>
<p>You can run a Tor relay on pretty much any operating system. Tor relays
- work best on Linux, OS X Lion or later, FreeBSD 5.x+, NetBSD 5.x+, and
- Windows Server 2003 or later.
+ work best on current distributions of Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and
+ Windows Server or later.
</p>
<p>
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@
with those operating systems.
</p>
- <p>Alas, since Vidalia (a graphical interface for Tor) is <a
- href="<page docs/faq>#WhereDidVidaliaGo">no longer included</a>
- in Tor Browser, there are currently no
- easy relay packages for Windows and OS X users. One option might be to run
- Debian in a VM, or use a different means of getting a Tor binary on
- your system (Expert Bundle, Homebrew, Macports). Please help make
- this process easier!
- </p>
-
<hr>
<a id="torrc"></a>
<h2><a class="anchor" href="#torrc">Configure Tor by editing the torrc file</a></h2>
@@ -53,10 +44,9 @@
<p>
Tor's
- configuration file is named 'torrc'. In the Tor Browser folder, it's
- located at</p>
- <pre>Data\Tor\torrc</pre>
- <p>Open the file with a text editor and add the following lines:</p>
+ configuration file is named 'torrc'.</p>
+ <p>Locate the file on your system, open it with a text editor and add the
+ following lines:</p>
<pre>
ORPort 443
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