If I run tor through socks proxy (127.0.0.1:9050) installed from sudo apt install tor
on linux mint 18 and I browse with the tor browser bundle, does that mean I going through 6 relays? If so how could I configure back to 3 relays on my tor browser?
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No, the Tor Browser will launch it's own tor
process by default and both will connect to the Tor network separately.
So unless you've knowingly configured your system daemon instance of tor
to act as a transparent proxy and set some iptables
rules to enforce it, you will not be creating a "Tor-over-Tor" situation (I.E. you won't be connecting through "6 relays"). They are intended to play nice together.