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General information
- System requirements
- Warnings: Tails is safe but not magic!
- Features and included software
- Social Contract
- How can I trust Tails?
- License and source code distribution
- Acknowledgments and similar projects
- Finances
- Contact
Download, installation, and upgrade
- Installing from:
- Installing by cloning from another Tails:
- Burning a DVD
- Running Tails in a virtual machine
- Downloading without installing:
- Upgrading a Tails USB stick:
- Uninstalling Tails or resetting a USB stick using Linux, Windows, or Mac
First steps with Tails
- Starting Tails
- Accessibility
- Welcome Screen
- Introduction to GNOME and the Tails desktop
- Reporting an error
- Shutting down Tails
Persistent Storage
- Introduction to the Persistent Storage
- Advanced topics on the Persistent Storage
Uncensored and anonymous Internet
Connecting to the Internet and Tor
Internet applications
- Browsing the web with Tor Browser - Sharing files with OnionShare - Emailing and reading news with Thunderbird - Exchanging bitcoins using Electrum - Chatting with Pidgin and OTR
Encryption and privacy
- Managing passwords using KeePassXC
- Creating and using LUKS encrypted volumes
- Using VeraCrypt encrypted volumes
- Encrypting text and files using GnuPG and Kleopatra
- Securely deleting files and clean diskspace
- Calculating checksums using GtkHash
- Using the screen keyboard
Work on sensitive documents
- Removing metadata from files
- Office suite
- Graphics
- Sound and video
- Printing and scanning
- Screenshot and screencast
Advanced topics
- Running Tails in a virtual machine
- Modifying the boot options using the Boot Loader
- Starting Tails from an external hard disk or problematic USB stick
- Accessing the internal hard disk
- Protection against cold boot attacks
- Accessing resources on the local network
- Enabling a wireless device
- Chatting with Dino and OMEMO
- Exchanging Monero with Feather