Lost on picking a host OS (Hardened GNU/Linux?)

Conflicting advice…

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Tyrant Security vs Freedom Security

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Discussion:

A lot of it has been done in Kicksecure and Whonix, if technically feasible at the level of a Linux distribution.

What hasn’t? That’s what this list is for: