Re: [tor-talk] development interests

[Nathan Suchy <theusernameiwantistaken@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow are you guys really going to argue over what operating system or
version the guy uses? He just wants help getting Tor to work on his old
operating system. Personally I think Tor should work on Windows 95+
Computers and should be kept light weight as possible... Also sorry to hear
about your head injury that must be hard to deal with :'(

Sent from my Android so do not expect a fast, long, or perfect response...
On Sep 26, 2013 1:22 AM, "scarp" <scarp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> David Green:
> > Hello, I am an Ex 'low-level' programmer (assembler, C and C++) of
> > many years back -- well, nothing amazing -- officially some ~13
> > years ago, due to a head injury.
> >
>
> Then you should be able to figure it out yourself. You probably won't
> get much help here as MacOSX Tiger users represent such a small market
> share.
>
> Given that Apple don't spend any time on it the tools used to build
> Tor probably won't either. It might work in theory, but don't expect
> support. That is why it is called an "unsupported" operating system.
>
> I'd rather not see the Tor Project or anyone else waste time with
> unsupported operating systems. There are better things you could be
> doing with your time.
>
> If you need anonymity then you also need security. Using a system that
> has outstanding/unknown unresolved CVEs doesn't sound like a good idea
> if you want to keep your anonymity.
>
> If you want to be particularly conservative about updates your best
> bet is to use something like RHEL/Centos or Debian. Those usually have
> a life cycle of around 10 years.
>
> At the end of this year or so RHEL/Centos 7 will be out and that will
> be probably supported until 2030 or thereabouts.
>
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