Ushahidi Debian GNU/Linux Privacy Remix

Description

• Debian remix focused on protecting your privacy
• Uses a minimalist desktop environment based on Openbox for memory conservation
• Uses aufs + tmpfs to ensure no changes to the filesystem persists after reboot
• Ideal for running inside of VirtualBox

Application Software

• Chromium
• Skype
• Terminal
• Thunar
• Thunderbird
• Vidalia
• VLC
• XChat

Supporting Software

• aufs
• Debian
• Flash Player
• Miredo
• Openbox
• Tint2
• Tor
• X

Login Credentials

• User Login: user
• User Password: user
• Root Password: root

Installation

Start with a fresh install of Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) and execute the following:

wget -qO- --no-check-certificate https://raw.github.com/ushahidi/dpr/master/install.sh | bash

Filesystem Diagram

Execution Diagram

Project Files

• install.sh The installation shell script
• menu.xml The Openbox right-click menu configuration
• rootaufs.sh The script to mount the root file system using aufs+tmpfs
• tint2rc The tint2 (panel / taskbar) configuration

License

• GNU General Public License

See Also

• Ushahidi.com