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libredrs

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I've been the giving Tor browser bundle a try and it seems to work pretty well (albeit slowly). While taking a look at the plugins in Firefox, I noticed that IcedTea isn't listed. Does this mean that this version of Firefox is using a non-free plugin for executing Java applets?

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libredrs

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You does not need to use Firefox(Tor Browser Bundle) in order to use the onion router. I am using Tor already for around one year and have it always turned on, even now. Assuming you are using Trisquel 5.0 with Abrowser, just follow my installation procedure described here:

Open Terminal (with [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[T]), then write:
$ sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org natty main'
$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 886DDD89
$ sudo apt-get update;sudo apt-get install vidalia polipo
$ A=vidalia.desktop;ln -s /usr/share/applications/$A ~/.config/autostart/$A

Now, install Torbutton and reboot.

You can check if your browser is configured properly by clicking here.

I also recommend you to use 'Peerguardian Linux' which blocks the access of anti-P2P organizations to your PC.

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P2P on Tor eats a lot of the bitrate. That certainly is a fundamental reason for Tor being slow... if not barely usable by people who really need it (say in Syria, China, etc.).