Make Live USB
Here we will guide you through the process of creating a live USB for our secure working environment
You will need:
A PC running Windows
1 USB flash drive minimum 16GB
Download Rufus HERE
Download Ubuntu 20.04 HERE
Insert USB flash drive (make sure there is nothing on there you want, everything will be deleted)
Open Rufus
Configure Rufus as below
Once you click start you will be shown the following
Select "Write in ISO Image mode" and then "OK"
Congratulations! you now have a live bootable version of Ubuntu on USB
Now we need to boot from it into our secure working environment
You will need to learn how to boot into your devices BIOS
First you will need to turn off your PC (be sure to remember where to find this guide so you can access it in a minute from Ubuntu) For windows follow the steps below to load Ubuntu
Turn on your PC, then hold down either the Esc, Del, or one of the Function (F) keys - typically F2 - while it is booting until you see the BIOS menu appear
Once you're in the BIOS use the arrow keys on your keyboard to navigate to the below screen, select your USB drive and press "enter"
After pressing enter Ubuntu will boot from your selected drive, after a short while you should see a screen like this, select "Try Ubuntu"
That's it! you've created a secure working environment, every time you log out of this system it will be reset, no viruses and no malware, its clean every time you load it.
Next we can get our environment ready to generate keys used to secure not just our cryptocurrency but also our digital lives.
Connect to WiFi
click on 9 dots in bottom left corner and search for "Terminal"
Select "Terminal"
You will see a screen like this
Now copy and paste the below commands into the terminal to setup your environment and Kleopatra
You are now ready to setup your Yubikey
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