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-Once vidalia is installed then edit the ~/.vidalia/torrc file.
-Add the following to torrc or use a the torrc file from /etc/tor/torrc.
+After installing Vidalia consider editing ~/.vidalia/torrc or
+/etc/tor/torrc accordingly:
# Set the Tor Circuit Build time to find faster tor servers, increments
# of seconds
@@ -13,9 +13,18 @@ NewCircuitPeriod 15
# Set How many entry guards we should we keep at a time
NumEntryGuards 8
-To use vidalia and tor with Firefox then add the FoxyProxy extension
-and use the FoxyProxy's Tor Wizard. For extra anonimity in Firefox then
-try Torbutton extension and Privoxy.
+
+To use Vidalia and Tor with Firefox you can use FoxyProxy or Privoxy.
+
+The development of Torbutton has been discontinued in favour of TBB,
+the Tor-Browser-Bundle. It's strongly recommended to stop using Torbutton.
+
+New versions of Vidalia are announced at
+https://blog.torproject.org/category/tags/vidalia-releases
+
+And there is a mailing list for Vidalia users:
+http://lists.vidalia-project.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vidalia-users
+
As of version 0.2.10 vidalia supports the local GeoIP database from
MaxMind. If the package hasn't been built with GEOIP=no, edit your