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submitted 10 months ago by kaliban@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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hi I'm still exploring stuff and I was thinking about nix, with all his stuff, what do you guys think? maybe someone with experience can tell me if I should stay away from that or could be a good choice for privacy, anonimity and security

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[–] alt@lemmy.ml 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Most distros are somewhat equal when it comes to privacy, anonymity and security; with the likes of Fedora and openSUSE known for taking it more seriously out of the box than the other 'big bois', while some smaller distros like Kicksecure are known for their best-in-class^[1]^ hardening that they offer by default.

As for NixOS, it's really its own thing (together with Guix), and thus very different from any other distros. If you conquer it, you would be delightfully met by a system that enables you to do things unheard of in other distros. However, the learning curve is very steep. And perhaps even hardening it to the level that Fedora or openSUSE provide by default might not be trivial.

Qubes OS is technically not a Linux distro. But it's worth mentioning as one generally tends to run Linux within a qube (read: VM), and in regards to security and privacy Qubes OS is simply unmatched, period.

[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There's that Spectrum distro

It's like Qubes, but on Nixos (it's in early stages yet)

[–] chkno@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Link: Spectrum

[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's in very early stages, so nobody probably would need a link

As I hear from other people using it, it's like 20% usable

[–] chkno@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's worth watching.

[–] Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

This is pretty dope, but they have a matrix room, so I can follow the progress there 😁

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Beyond this, TailsOS would be more anonymous.