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Ask HN: Secure and minimalist linux distros?

6 pointsby rob-alarconover 11 years ago
Recently somehow my Credit and Debit card information was stolen (maybe I have some malware in my Win8 machine), I'm searching for a secure and minimalist linux distro so I can create a VM to do just online transactions over secure Networks (like home). I found this document http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-distros-paranoid-secure-distros-si/ that talks about LPS, Tails and Surprise!. What do you think?

5 comments

autotravisover 11 years ago
I'd say good ole debian would accomplish your goals, but I'll defer to commenters with more ornate tin-foil hats.
rob-alarconover 11 years ago
Look what is on the front page today <a href="http://goto.ucsd.edu/quark/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;goto.ucsd.edu&#x2F;quark&#x2F;</a>
xSwagover 11 years ago
I&#x27;m surprised nobody has linked <a href="http://crunchbang.org/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;crunchbang.org&#x2F;</a>
devb0xover 11 years ago
just run 2 browsers man
hannibal5over 11 years ago
Bruce Schneier uses Tails: <a href="https://tails.boum.org/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tails.boum.org&#x2F;</a><p>&gt;Since I started working with Snowden&#x27;s documents, I have been using GPG, Silent Circle, Tails, OTR, TrueCrypt, BleachBit, and a few other things I&#x27;m not going to write about.<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2013&#x2F;sep&#x2F;05&#x2F;nsa-how-to-rema...</a>