Maybe a voice from a separate reality can be helpful. Having recently re-watched DVD movies of "Dr. Zhivago" (1965), "Woodstock" (1970), and "Imagine: John Lennon" (1988), I gained a lot of confidence I'm not simply a crazy old man in this new era. First, I've never owned a laptop or smartphone. I don't know why people wander around with wifi connected devices carrying precious info they want secure. Some day I hope somebody re-invents an actual mobile telephone I can use to call AAA if I get a flat tire. So I'll mention the obvious; Suse Enterprise and Red Hat Enterprise. I really think you and many others in this group are serious Linux experts and might benefit from professional distros. Last, I'll suggest the old fashioned "pull the plug" security strategy. If the precious machine's power is unplugged and the ethernet cable is unplugged, data is secure. Further, if your data is on a separate hard drive from the OS and you edit the file /etc/fstab you can unplug the hard drive until needed and then mount the drive using a secure root password. Ya, it might all sound silly simple minded. Freedom, love and peace from the green generation. gregrwm wrote: > as answers roll in i would love to also know whether the same aspects of > security can easily be achieved with *ubuntu. certainly drive > encryption and vpn can. i've tried various distros for various reasons > but when i'm derailed by something that doesn't work i end up back in > *ubuntu. > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 1:30 PM Randy Clarksean <rclarksean at arvig.net > <mailto:rclarksean at arvig.net>> wrote: > > Anyone have experience with any of the supposedly "secure" Linux > distros out there? Like PureOS or others? > > I am looking at upgrading my laptop in the next 3-6 months. Ideally, > I would like to encrypt the drives, start using a VPN with it, and > have the distro itself be "secure." I have proprietary and > confidential client data (new product designs, IP, patents, etc.) > which I want to protect as fully as possible. > > Looking for any comments on the pros and cons you have personally > seen for a particular distro. > > Thanks in advance. > > Randy > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >