Hello, I downloaded and extracted Tor for Linux, and the “tor-browser” folder contains a file called “Tor Browser Setup” instead of “star-tor-browser.desktop”. This seems strange, so I wanted to ask about it. (I verified the GPG signature of the .tar.xz before extraction, it said it was “good”.)
Right-click > Properties gives the following information (note: there is a double-space in the comment that does not seem to be rendering here):
Name: Tor Browser Setup
Description: Web Browser
Command: sh -c ‘“$(dirname “$*”)”/Browser/start-tor-browser || ([ ! -x “$(dirname “$*”)”/Browser/start-tor-browser ] && “$(dirname “$*”)”/start-tor-browser)’ dummy %k
Comment: Tor Browser is +1 for privacy and −1 for mass surveillanceType: Text (application/x-desktop)
Size: 1.7 kB (1,710 bytes)Location: [redacted]
Volume: [redacted]Accessed: Fri 11 Jul 2025 [redacted]
Created: unknown
Modified: Mon 23 Jun 2025 02:11:00 PM EDT
I also keep getting these warnings when trying to download from Mullvad Browser:
Downloads blocked from www.torproject.org.
www.torproject.org attempted to automatically download multiple files. The site could be broken or trying to store spam files on your device.
Downloading from Firefox works, though.
Linux Mint
tor-browser-linux-x86_64-14.5.4
Just trying to download Tor from the website. I did make a mistake with my firewall before downloading, though (allowed incoming traffic for a certain port for a few seconds).
*edited to escape asterisks that were rendering in Markdown