# Tails Startup Screen

**URL:** <https://forum.torproject.org/t/tails-startup-screen/2255>\
**Category:** Tails\
**Tags:** tails\
**Created:** [February 21, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tails-startup-screen/2255 "2022-02-21T00:25:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![KitchM](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@KitchM](https://forum.torproject.org/u/KitchM)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tails-startup-screen/2255/1 "2022-02-21T00:25:43Z")

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I am using Tor Browser on Tails.

When it starts there is first a screen that asks about how one should use it. There is an easy way and a safer way.

The explanations are poor at best and the options are confusing.

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**Author:** ![recsmath](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/recsmath/32/539_2.png) [@recsmath](https://forum.torproject.org/u/recsmath)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tails-startup-screen/2255/2 "2022-02-21T18:03:25Z")

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**Connect to Tor automatically (easier)** gives you the opportunity to to connect with no bridge, with a builtin bridge, or with a non-builtin bridge

**Hide to my local network that I’m connection to Tor (safer)** forces you to connect with a non-builtin bridge

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**Author:** ![KitchM](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@KitchM](https://forum.torproject.org/u/KitchM)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tails-startup-screen/2255/3 "2022-02-21T19:08:31Z")

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So the second one forces something that the first one could also do? Why the unnecessary confusion, I wonder.

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**Author:** ![KitchM](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@KitchM](https://forum.torproject.org/u/KitchM)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tails-startup-screen/2255/4 "2022-02-22T01:46:15Z")

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By the way, thanks for the explanation. It is better than the display shows.

Is there even a way to set it up once and not have it keep coming up every time I boot my computer?

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**Author:** ![gus](https://forum.torproject.org/user_avatar/forum.torproject.org/gus/32/16_2.png) [@gus](https://forum.torproject.org/u/gus)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tails-startup-screen/2255/5 "2022-02-22T01:55:00Z")

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Just an observation: Tails isn’t developed by The Tor Project. They’re an independent organization and they’ve their own [support channel](https://tails.boum.org/support/index.en.html). But I will share your topic with some Tails contributors. 🙂

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**Author:** ![KitchM](https://forum.torproject.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@KitchM](https://forum.torproject.org/u/KitchM)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tails-startup-screen/2255/6 "2022-02-22T17:38:54Z")

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Thank you. I would just mention that the screen in question does not appear under any other OS, including Debian. It only appears under Tails. Just saying…

Thanks again.