update Tor Browser installation and uninstallation instructions

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Note: On Ubuntu and some other distros if you try to launch start-tor-browser.desktop a text file might open up. In that case, you will have to change the default behavior and allow running .desktop files as executables. This setting can usually be found in your file manager.

This is highly distribution specific (and very rarely necessary anymore). I am removing this part along with the Nautilus' screenshot.

I believe it's better to switch to command-line method if users indeed run into issues with permissions.

• To register Tor Browser as a desktop application and have it accessible from the application menus run this command: ./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app

Moving it from the list of flags to another step.

Very frequently when talking with users on linux trying to install Tor Browser, I add this step in my instructions and users are very happy . This is a very crucial step to easily launch Tor Browser from the application menus, launchers, etc.

Some additional flags that can be used with start-tor-browser.desktop from the command-line:

| **Flag** | **Description** |
|----------|-----------------|
| `--register-app` | To register Tor Browser as a desktop application. |
| ‪`--verbose` | To display Tor and Firefox output in the terminal. |
| ‪`--log [file]` | To record Tor and Firefox output in file (default: tor-browser.log). |
| ‪`--detach` | To detach from terminal and run Tor Browser in the background. |
| ‪`--unregister-app` | To unregister Tor Browser as a desktop application. |

Removing this section.
--verbose and --log [file] are aptly mentioned in https://tb-manual.torproject.org/troubleshooting/
--detach. This is not necessary. Tor Browser always runs with this flag by default.
--unregister-app. Since we are adding the step with --register-app here, we should add this to https://tb-manual.torproject.org/uninstalling/ instead.

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mentioned in issue #178 (closed)

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• b198e988 - update uninstall instructions for TB linux

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changed title from update Tor Browser installation page to update Tor Browser installation and uninstallation instructions

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