Hello,
Over the last few years, I have turned from windows to linux. As it gives much more options for playing with hardware and software. Recently, I came around with new Linux distro, tails.
My several attempts to install Tails in VM as well as on USB failed, as it was very recent and under development version, I presumed that it would happen.
After few months, it got worked & I think it is a new step towards privacy. Some features that makes it much better choice than other linux distros. As being linux, it is free, it does not need installation(Live).
1. Extensive Tor Support- Those who knows onion routing, all connections from OS to anywhere are default go through Tor Network. To be frank, there is no any option to Tor when it comes to privacy. And even if you have other options like VPN, still you can not trust private companies when it comes to privacy.
2. Encryption- All files/folders/emails etc are encrypted with LUKS algorithm. Which is pretty standard.
Also everything you browse, regardless of TOR, is encrypted with standard HTTPS.
3. Traceback- Shutting down Tails is my favorite part. I do not see any other OS that clears all files generated by OS at the time of booting and additionally it wipes out RAM too. As we have seen data can be retrieved from RAM even if computer is shut down. That is the best part!
As it is not yet fully supported with Virtual Machine, hopefully it will get very soon.
Tails ISO https://tails.boum.org/download/index.en.html