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   1 [[!meta title="Features and included software"]]
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   5 Included software
   6 =================
   7
   8 * [GNOME](http://www.gnome.org), an intuitive and attractive desktop
   9   environment
  10
  11 Networking
  12 ----------
  13
  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   - [HTTPS Everywhere](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere)
  26     transparently enables SSL-encrypted connections to a great number
  27     of major websites
  28   - [NoScript](http://noscript.net/) to have even more control over JavaScript.
  29   - [AdBlock Plus](https://adblockplus.org/en/firefox) to remove advertisements.
  30 * [Pidgin](http://www.pidgin.im/) preconfigured with
  31   [OTR](http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/index.php) for Off-the-Record
  32   Messaging
  33 * [Claws Mail](http://www.claws-mail.org/) e-mail client, with
  34   GnuPG support
  35 * [Liferea](http://liferea.sourceforge.net/) feed aggregator
  36 * [Gobby](http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/) for collaborative text writing
  37 * [Aircrack-ng](http://aircrack-ng.org/) for wireless networks auditing
  38 * [I2P](https://geti2p.net/) an anonymizing network
  39
  40 Desktop Edition
  41 ---------------
  42
  43 * [LibreOffice](http://www.libreoffice.org/)
  44 * [Gimp](http://www.gimp.org/) and
  45   [Inkscape](http://www.inkscape.org/) to edit images
  46 * [Scribus](http://www.scribus.net) for page layout
  47 * [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) for recording and
  48   editing sounds
  49 * [PiTIVi](http://www.pitivi.org/) for non-linear audio/video editing
  50 * [Poedit](http://poedit.sourceforge.net/) to edit .po files
  51 * [Simple Scan](https://launchpad.net/simple-scan) and
  52   [SANE](http://www.sane-project.org/) for scanner support
  53 * [Brasero](http://projects.gnome.org/brasero/) to burn CD/DVD
  54 * [Sound Juicer](http://burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer) to rip audio
  55   CDs
  56
  57 Encryption & Privacy
  58 --------------------
  59
  60 * [LUKS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS) and [[!wikipedia Palimpsest]] to
  61   install and use encrypted storage devices, for example USB sticks
  62 * [GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/), the GNU implementation of OpenPGP for email and
  63   data encyption and signing
  64 * [Monkeysign](http://web.monkeysphere.info/monkeysign),
  65   a tool for OpenPGP key signing and exchange
  66 * [[TrueCrypt|encryption_and_privacy/truecrypt]] a disk encryption
  67   software
  68 * [PWGen](http://pwgen-win.sourceforge.net/), a strong password generator
  69 * [Shamir's Secret
  70   Sharing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing)
  71   using [gfshare](http://www.digital-scurf.org/software/libgfshare)
  72   and [ssss](http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/)
  73 * [Florence](http://florence.sourceforge.net/)
  74   virtual keyboard as a countermeasure against hardware
  75   [keyloggers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keylogger)
  76 * [MAT](https://mat.boum.org/) to anonymize metadata in files
  77 * [KeePassX](http://www.keepassx.org/) password manager
  78 * [GtkHash](http://gtkhash.sourceforge.net/) to calculate checksums
  79
  80 The full packages list can be found in the [BitTorrent files download
  81 directory](/torrents/files/) (look for files with the `.packages`
  82 extension).
  83
  84 Additional features
  85 ===================
  86
  87 * automatic mechanism to upgrade a USB stick or a SD card to newer versions
  88 * can be run as a virtualized guest inside
  89   [VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org/)
  90 * [[customization|contribute/customize]] (e.g. to add a given missing piece of
  91   software) is relatively easy: one may [[contribute/build]] a custom Amnesic
  92   Incognito Live System in about one hour on a modern desktop computer
  93 * 64-bit PAE-enabled kernel with NX-bit and SMP support on hardware that supports it
  94 * Some basic [[doc/first_steps/accessibility]] features
  95
  96 To prevent cold-boot attacks and various memory forensics, Tails
  97 erases memory on shutdown and when the boot media is physically
  98 removed.
  99
 100 Multilingual support
 101 ====================
 102
 103 One can choose at boot time between a big number of languages.
 104
 105 The required keyboard input system is automatically enabled.
 106
 107 Some of these languages could not be thoroughly tested as we don't
 108 speak every language in the world. If you find issues using one of the
 109 supposedly supported languages, don't hesitate to [[tell us about
 110 it|support]]. E.g. Tails probably lacks some non-Latin fonts
 111 or input systems.
 112
 113 If you wish to make it easier to use Tails for your language speakers,
 114 see the [[translators guidelines|contribute/how/translate]].