This is how Tails looks when run in a virtual machine on a Debian host.
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<p>Running Tails inside a virtual machine has various security implications. Depending on the host operating system and your security needs, running Tails in a virtual machine might be dangerous.</p>
<p>Running Tails inside a virtual machine has various security implications. Depending on the host operating system and your security needs, running Tails in a virtual machine might be dangerous.</p>
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<p>Only run Tails in a virtual machine if both the host operating system and the virtualization software are trustworthy.</p>
<p>Only run Tails in a virtual machine if leaving traces on the hard disk is not a concern for you.</p>
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<p>The Tails virtual machine does not modify the behaviour of the host operating system and the network traffic of the host is not anonymized. The MAC address of the computer is not modified by the [[MAC address anonymization|first_steps/welcome_screen/mac_spoofing]] feature of Tails when run in a virtual machine.</p>
<p>The Tails virtual machine does not modify the behaviour of the host operating system and the network traffic of the host is not anonymized. The MAC address of the computer is not modified by the [[MAC address anonymization|first_steps/welcome_screen/mac_spoofing]] feature of Tails when run in a virtual machine.</p>
<p>We only mention Free Software, because we believe that it is a necessary condition to be trustworthy. Proprietary virtualization software exist, such as <i>VMWare</i>, but is not listed here on purpose.</p>
<p>We are not recommending <i>VirtualBox</i> anymore because only basic functionalities of Tails work in <i>VirtualBox</i>, for example, the display size is limited to 800×600 pixels.</p>
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**<em>*GNOME Boxes</em>*** is only available on Linux. It has a simpler user interface than *virt-manager* but does not allow to useof a Persistent Storage.
**<em>*virt-manager</em>** is*** is only available on Linux. It has a more complex user interface andthan *GNOME Boxes* but allows to useof a Persistent Storage, either by:
***virt-manager*** is only available on Linux. It has a more complex user interface than *GNOME Boxes* but allows to use a Persistent Storage, either by: