Bug: Issue with Tor Settings on Linux - Request for "Use System Tor" option

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Is there an existing issue for this?

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Current Behavior

It appears that the current implementation of Tor does not function as expected, which can hinder the privacy and usability of the wallet for users who rely on Tor for secure transactions.

On Linux systems, the Tor settings in Stack Wallet do not seem to work properly. Users are unable to connect to the Tor network as intended, which may be due to the bundled Tor daemon not being compatible with certain Linux configurations or user preferences.

Expected Behavior

For stack wallet on linux to work with a already system tor daemon running aka debian-tor

Reproduce Steps

Try to connect to Tor via wallet.
Try to launch stack wallet with the torsocks wrapper torsocks ./sw-v2.1.9.AppImage

Environment

Operating System:

• Name: Debian
• Version: 12 (Bookworm)

Desktop Environment:

• Name: GNOME
• Version: 43

Display Server:

• Protocol: Wayland

Logs

No response

Further Information

To enhance user experience and provide more flexibility, I would like to propose the addition of a checkbox in the Tor settings labeled "Use System Tor." When this option is enabled, the application would connect to the Tor service running on the system at 127.0.0.1:9050, instead of using the bundled Tor daemon. This would allow users who have a properly configured system Tor installation to utilize it seamlessly with Stack Wallet. This would only be for linux versions aka the .AppImage release.

[sneurlax]

This is a good idea and shouldn't be difficult to implement, but (slightly unrelated to the topic of this issue, but rather related to the reason for its existence) I'd like to see any logs relating to our bundled Tor daemon not working on your system if you can share any