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@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ be?</a></li>

     with abuse issues.</a></li>

     <li><a href="#BestOSForRelay">Why doesn't my Windows (or other OS) Tor

     relay run well?</a></li>

+    <li><a href="#PackagedTor">Should I install Tor from my package manager, 

+    or build from source?</a></li>

     <li><a href="#WhatIsTheBadExitFlag">What is the BadExit flag?</a></li>

     <li><a href="#IGotTheBadExitFlagWhyDidThatHappen">I got the BadExit flag.

     Why did that happen?</a></li>

@@ -2596,6 +2598,38 @@ users

     <hr>

+    <a id="PackagedTor"></a>

+    <h3><a class="anchor" href="#PackagedTor">Should I install Tor from my 

+    package manager, or build from source?</a></h3>

+    <p>

+    If you're using Debian or Ubuntu especially, there are a number of benefits 

+    to installing Tor from the <a 

+    href="https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en">Tor Project's 

+    repository</a>. 

+    </p>

+    <ul>

+      <li>

+      You're ulimit -n gets set to 32768, high enough for Tor to keep open all 

+      the connections it needs. 

+      </li>

+      <li>

+      A user profile is created just for Tor, so Tor doesn't need to run as 

+      root.

+      </li>

+      <li>

+      An init script is included so that Tor runs at boot.

+      </li>

+      <li>

+      Tor runs with --verify-config, so that most problems with your 

+      config file get caught. 

+      </li>

+      <li>

+      Tor can bind to low level ports, then drop privileges.

+      </li>

+    </ul>

+

+    <hr>

+

     <a id="WhatIsTheBadExitFlag"></a>

     <h3><a class="anchor" href="#WhatIsTheBadExitFlag">What is the

     BadExit flag?</a></h3>