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1 [[!meta title="Features and included software"]]
3 [[!toc levels=2]]
5 Included software
6 =================
8 * [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), an intuitive and attractive desktop
9   environment
11 Networking
12 ----------
14 * [Tor](https://www.torproject.org) with:
15   - [[stream isolation|contribute/design/stream_isolation]]
16   - regular and obfsproxy bridges support
17   - the [Vidalia](https://www.torproject.org/projects/vidalia) graphical frontend
18 * [NetworkManager](http://projects.gnome.org/NetworkManager/) for easy
19   network configuration
20 * [Firefox](http://getfirefox.com) preconfigured with:
21   - TorBrowser patches
22   - [Torbutton](https://www.torproject.org/torbutton) for anonymity
23     and protection against evil JavaScript
24   - all cookies are treated as session cookies by default;
25     the [CS Lite](https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/5207/)
26     extension provides more fine-grained cookie control for those who
27     need it
28   - [HTTPS Everywhere](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere)
29     transparently enables SSL-encrypted connections to a great number
30     of major websites
31 * [Pidgin](http://www.pidgin.im/) preconfigured with
32   [OTR](http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/index.php) for Off-the-Record
33   Messaging
34 * [Claws Mail](http://www.claws-mail.org/) e-mail client, with
35   user-friendly GnuPG support
36 * [Liferea](http://liferea.sourceforge.net/) feed aggregator
37 * [Gobby](http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/) for collaborative text writing
38 * [Aircrack-ng](http://aircrack-ng.org/) for wireless networks auditing
39 * [I2P](http://www.i2p2.de/) an anonymizing network
41 Desktop Edition
42 ---------------
44 * [OpenOffice.org](http://www.openoffice.org/)
45 * [Gimp](http://www.gimp.org/) and
46   [Inkscape](http://www.inkscape.org/) to edit images
47 * [Scribus](http://www.scribus.net) for page layout
48 * [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) for recording and
49   editing sounds
50 * [PiTIVi](http://www.pitivi.org/) for non-linear audio/video editing
51 * [Poedit](http://poedit.sourceforge.net/) to edit .po files
52 * [Simple Scan](https://launchpad.net/simple-scan) and
53   [SANE](http://www.sane-project.org/) for scanner support
54 * [Brasero](http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/) to burn CD/DVD
55 * [Sound Juicer](http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer) to rip audio
56   CDs
58 Encryption & Privacy
59 --------------------
61 * [LUKS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS) and [[!wikipedia Palimpsest]] to
62   install and use encrypted storage devices, for example USB sticks
63 * [GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/), the GNU implementation of OpenPGP for email and
64   data encyption and signing
65 * [[TrueCrypt|encryption_and_privacy/truecrypt]] a disk encryption
66   software
67 * [PWGen](http://pwgen-win.sourceforge.net/), a strong password generator
68 * [Shamir's Secret
69   Sharing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing)
70   using [gfshare](http://www.digital-scurf.org/software/libgfshare)
71   and [ssss](http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/)
72 * [Florence](http://florence.sourceforge.net/)
73   virtual keyboard as a countermeasure against hardware
74   [keyloggers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keylogger)
75 * [MAT](https://mat.boum.org/) to anonymize metadata in files
76 * [KeePassX](http://www.keepassx.org/) password manager
78 The full packages list can be found in the [BitTorrent files download
79 directory](/torrents/files/) (look for files with the `.packages`
80 extension).
82 Additional features
83 ===================
85 * can be run as a virtualized guest inside
86   [VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org/)
87 * [[customization|contribute/customize]] (e.g. to add a given missing piece of
88   software) is relatively easy: one may [[contribute/build]] a custom Amnesic
89   Incognito Live System in about one hour on a modern desktop computer
90 * PAE-enabled kernel with NX-bit and SMP support on hardware that supports it
91 * Some basic [[doc/first_steps/accessibility]] features
93 To prevent cold-boot attacks and various memory forensics, Tails
94 erases memory on shutdown and when the boot media is physically
95 removed.
97 Multilingual support
98 ====================
100 One can choose at boot time between a big number of languages.
102 Some of these languages could not be thoroughly tested as we don't
103 speak every language in the world. If you find issues using one of the
104 supposedly supported languages, don't hesitate to [[tell us about
105 it|support/troubleshooting]]. E.g. Tails probably lacks some non-Latin fonts
106 or input systems.
108 If you wish to make it easier to use Tails for your language speakers,
109 see the [[translators guidelines|contribute/how/translate]].