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We have talked within the team that the OS page also needs going through like VPN was recently. We have some obscure recommendations which connection to privacy is not obvious at first (or even now that I am typing this).
See also: https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/1370
#1368 makes me wonder if we should copy https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/1346 to have more categories for OSes (depending on which we will list):
I remember that we have discussed Devuan, Void and Alpine previously, but the context may have been favourite distributions and whether they make sense to list and I think we were leaning towards no (isn't it good that an issue was opened immediately so we don't have to remember random team chats? 😅)
I was talking about Void (which I use) and Alpine as possible
replacements for Arch, but as I said, it doesn't make much sense to list
them and was suggesting Devuan, as it is direct alternative to Debian,
which we list as "main" recommendation.
Okay, so I've had think about this. These are requirements I think we should have:
I do not believe this is a good idea. Arch Linux is a mainstream distribution with a lot of up to date documentation.
To be honest I don't think we should focus too much on advanced/enthusiast distributions. Arch Linux and Alpine Linux is enough for that. Alpine Linux is particularly nice for servers and does have some unique features such as lbu.
I'm thinking of doing away with the worth mentioning category, we've been trying to phase that out on the site because something either is or isn't worth mentioning. I am leaning towards a list that looks like this.
There are thousands of distributions out there and I really only want to recommend things are not niche, and are aimed at a wide community.
Desktop
These are aimed at Linux first-time users. They need to work out of the box with minimal configuration and maintenance. They are typically going to be options for people who've come from Windows.
Advanced
Must provide some kind of advanced feature or purpose and support/aim to support reproducible builds.
Tor focused distributions
Distributions aimed at being configured default for torification of all network traffic
Qubes is not a hypervisor though :p
rather you know what i mean, a distribution where someone can use one lol.. but yes, i wrote that after pulling an all-nighter.
I'm against adding Void Linux.
Because it is not well documented.
wiki.voidlinux.org is currently unmaintained.
The alternative, docs.voidlinux.org, lacks content.
Hey there, I'm usually lurking there because I find interesting discussions and I'd like to give my opinion on this matter. I'm not an expert tho, so feel free to ignore everything I'm writing on this post.
I was able to convince a person I care about to switch from Windows to a Linux OS (Linux Mint because it was the easiest choice for someone who's bad with computers). I feel like the warning about Windows 10, on the Operating Systems page, should be placed on top because a non-tech-savvy person could find it more interesting to learn first about the privacy problems of the most used PC OS.
I totally agree with this argument:
A tech-savvy person should be able to understand which distro is the best for them, but a non-tech-savvy one may not be able to do so; distros with good support and plenty of documentation can be truly helpful and I feel like it a guide about how to switch should be linked too. FireJail and ufw/gufw should be suggested too, they're nice tools for someone who's not running something designed for privacy and security. Encrypting the system would be a nice addition too, because while it's mostly a security matter, it's really easy to enable on most distros.
Thank you all for your work, I appreciate what you're doing.
Linux Mint is not good.
It does not update the kernel by default. Leave the vulnerability.
The CJK input method installer is also unfriendly.
While we're at it we should remove Replicant as well from the mobile section, as this really isn't usable anymore.
In regard to PC Live Operating Systems, this will become "Advanced" and we will use a badge to indicate if a distribution supports live-cd style booting, as a lot do.
I missed your comment somehow, I apologize.
By the way, I'm not suggesting Linux Mint, I was only talking about my past experience (it happened many years ago).
Thank you for your work; encrypting the system should be suggested too, since it's painless and easy to enable in Basic distros