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For hardware compatibility issues, refer to our [[known issues|support/known_issues]].
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To learn what you can do with Tails, refer to our [[documentation|doc]].
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For questions related to Tor, see also to the [Tor support pages](https://support.torproject.org/).
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Tails [[was founded|news/celebrating_10_years]] in 2009 and [[joined forces with Tor|news/tails_tor]] in 2024.
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Ubuntu is led by [Canonical](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_\(company\)), a for-profit corporation that takes most of the important decisions.
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<h2 id="gnome">Why does Tails ship the GNOME Desktop?</h2>
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People have asked for Tails with LXDE, XFCE, MATE, KDE, and so on, but we are not going to use a different desktop.
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The main drawback of GNOME is that it requires quite a lot of resources, but GNOME has many advantages, especially for users who are new to Linux.
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The GNOME desktop is:
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Well integrated
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Very well translated
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Doing relatively well in terms of accessibility features
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Actively developed
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Well maintained in Debian, where it is the default desktop
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We invested quite some time in acquiring GNOME knowledge, and switching our desktop environment would require going through that process again.
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That's also why we are not going to provide more than one desktop option.
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Yes. Tails requires a USB stick dedicated to running Tails only.
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If it were possible to use the same USB stick with another operating system, for example to store files to use on Windows, a virus in the other operating system could corrupt your Tails.
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That's why your Tails USB stick is not recognized in Windows and why we discourage installing other live operating systems on the same USB stick.
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To store files in your Tails USB stick, use the [[Persistent Storage|doc/persistent_storage]]. To exchange files between Tails and another operating system, use a separate USB stick.
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