Continued from Tails of Tor: Linux Access to the Dark Side of the Internet Part 2
A Complete Linux Distribution
I'm a huge fan of Debian and Debian 6.0.7 on Tails was impressive. Some of the features I really liked about Tails:
1. Classic Gnome baby! If you're being chased after by Storm Troopers, why spend time fiddling around Unity or admiring Cinnamon? This is Gnome as it should be - clean, well-organized and rock-solid.
2. Power off. Yes, we Linux users just open Terminal just to power off our system but when you're James Bond and a horribly ugly Russian is after you, you need a quick getaway. The Tails desktop has a power button on the top panel and one in the System Administration menu. Windows+I in Windows 8 is nice and all that but you don't want to get shot by those dastardly reds while trying to remember the shortcut key. . .
3.Great documentation always brings a tear to my eye. Tails comes with exceptionally well-written documentation that provides a clear explanation of what Tails actually does when you're online. Some of the content requires Internet access but the important text can be read offline. The Fedora Project and openSUSE team have great online documentation and offline documentation (website and PDFs respectively), but I appreciate that a niche project like Tails went through all the effort of explaining the system in layman's terms.
Click the Tails documentation shortcut on the desktop for more information!
4. Sterling hardware support. If you're going to be using someone else's hardware for surfing, you better use a LiveUSB with great hardware support. I tested Tails with my anemic ASUS EEEPC 1000H with its notorious wireless card and my Toshiba NB520. Tails was true to its Debian roots and worked with everything, from audio to my Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 to the wireless FN key.
5. Fully-functional production desktop. Tails' privacy-centric applications are enough for some specialized distributions, but Tails also comes with a complete set of multimedia production and office applications. I was surprised when OpenOffice 3, GIMP, Scribus, Inkscape, and even Audacity popped up in the Gnome menu.
These dependable and well-known software applications are also supplemented by Gnome Sound Recorder, Brasero and Pitivi Video editor plus Audio CD Extractor and the Traverso Multitrack Recorder. Need to extract justice from your arrogant co-worker . . . uhm . . . enemy? Use Red Hat's Disk Utility to wipe out his hard drive or run Nautilus Wipe Out.
With all these audio and video applications, you can take part in any of the conspiracy-laden episodes of Revenge (2011)!
Need more? Efficient and beloved Synaptic Package Manager comes included for those allergic to the command line.
6. WhisperBack brings sexy back. Any marketing and product guru would tell you the best sign of a well-thought out project is one that provides an easy way to provide feedback. Tails includes its own feedback form, WhisperBack, for diligent users with an idea or comment for the genius developers.
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