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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 * [Traverso](http://traverso-daw.org/) a multi-track audio recorder and editor
  57
  58 Encryption and privacy
  59 ----------------------
  60
  61 * [[!wikipedia Linux_Unified_Key_Setup desc="LUKS"]] and [[!wikipedia
  62   GNOME_Disks]] to
  63   install and use encrypted storage devices, for example USB sticks
  64 * [GnuPG](http://gnupg.org/), the GNU implementation of OpenPGP for email and
  65   data encyption and signing
  66 * [Monkeysign](http://web.monkeysphere.info/monkeysign),
  67   a tool for OpenPGP key signing and exchange
  68 * [[TrueCrypt|encryption_and_privacy/truecrypt]] a disk encryption
  69   software
  70 * [PWGen](http://pwgen-win.sourceforge.net/), a strong password generator
  71 * [Shamir's Secret
  72   Sharing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing)
  73   using [gfshare](http://www.digital-scurf.org/software/libgfshare)
  74   and [ssss](http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/)
  75 * [Florence](http://florence.sourceforge.net/)
  76   virtual keyboard as a countermeasure against hardware
  77   [keyloggers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keylogger)
  78 * [MAT](https://mat.boum.org/) to anonymize metadata in files
  79 * [KeePassX](http://www.keepassx.org/) password manager
  80 * [GtkHash](http://gtkhash.sourceforge.net/) to calculate checksums
  81
  82 The full packages list can be found in the [BitTorrent files download
  83 directory](/torrents/files/) (look for files with the `.packages`
  84 extension).
  85
  86 Additional features
  87 ===================
  88
  89 * automatic mechanism to upgrade a USB stick or a SD card to newer versions
  90 * can be run as a virtualized guest inside
  91   [VirtualBox](http://www.virtualbox.org/)
  92 * [[customization|contribute/customize]] (e.g. to add a given missing piece of
  93   software) is relatively easy: one may [[contribute/build]] a custom Amnesic
  94   Incognito Live System in about one hour on a modern desktop computer
  95 * 64-bit PAE-enabled kernel with NX-bit and SMP support on hardware that supports it
  96 * Some basic [[doc/first_steps/accessibility]] features
  97
  98 To prevent cold-boot attacks and various memory forensics, Tails
  99 erases memory on shutdown and when the boot media is physically
 100 removed.
 101
 102 Multilingual support
 103 ====================
 104
 105 One can choose at boot time between a big number of languages.
 106
 107 The required keyboard input system is automatically enabled.
 108
 109 Some of these languages could not be thoroughly tested as we don't
 110 speak every language in the world. If you find issues using one of the
 111 supposedly supported languages, don't hesitate to [[tell us about
 112 it|support]]. E.g. Tails probably lacks some non-Latin fonts
 113 or input systems.
 114
 115 If you wish to make it easier to use Tails for your language speakers,
 116 see the [[translators guidelines|contribute/how/translate]].