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Very cool, love this. My only hope is that this isn't so successful that they neglect the installer because nobody is using it anymore :-)

For users on another Linux (such as Fedora, Arch, Ubuntu) using USB, this will hopefully be a big improvement. The previous process requiring two USB sticks was a PITA

> My only hope is that this isn't so successful that they neglect the installer because nobody is using it anymore :-)

Wouldn't that be a good thing? I mean, you'd have a tough time finding a computer for sale in 2019 that even has a CD drive, why care about it so much?

My initial thought was that sometimes you want to install it to your hardware, not just a USB stick. If this is a finished install that lacks the installer, then you wouldn't be able to use it to install to a hard drive. I could be wrong tho.

You could write the image to your hard drive like you would your flash drive.

OTH, installing to your hard drive kind of goes against Tails’ ephemeral approach.

Fair enough, but installing Tails onto your hardware is against the spirit of Tails.

https://tails.boum.org/support/faq/index.en.html#index6h2

If you're looking for something Tailsesque for your hardware, have a look at Whonix. Tails is very much made with amnesia in mind.

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