What is the safest distro linux?

[eonline]

Hello, I would like to know in your opinion which is the safest distro. Thank you very much in advance. Best regards.

 

[Black Wings]

Maybe Debian, anyway, with a good firewall and firejail rules you can safely use any linux distribution

You have to keep in mind that in linux you can use the most popular browsers, as well as their extensions. If you make a "normal" use of your system, you will not have any security problems.

 

[eonline]

I'm looking for some distro that doesn't use TOR for privacy, most of it is that program or something similar in the search I did for the net. I don't care about privacy. Thank you very much. Best regards.

 

[Black Wings]

Easy to use, secure and resource-efficient, IMHO, MX Linux.

If you have any experience in Linux, I would choose Manjaro

And if you're looking for something beautiful and stable, Deepin.

This is a very good site get info about the different Linux distros. DistroWatch

 

[AlanOstaszewski]

Any known Linux distribution is safe in use. I wouldn't recommend Debian or Manjaro for a beginner. Ubuntu and Linux Mint are really good when it comes to usability. You don't need to install any security software and Linux Mint even comes with Timeshift, which allows you to make automated backups.

 

[uduoix]

I don't think manjaro is that hard to learn. Arch/Manjaro has amazing wiki, anyone can learn basics in hour or two

 

[JM Safe]

Agree with @Black Wings , I just built today my VM. I will use it everyday and I won't use my Windows 10 host machine.

 

[eonline]

I'm looking for some distro that security settings are automatically configured with the OS installation. Will something like this exist? Thank you very much. Greetings.

 

[JM Safe]

I'm looking for some distro that security settings are automatically configured with the OS installation. Will something like this exist? Thank you very much. Greetings.

This is my first experience of always using linux. I think when you install your linux OS you are covered for most of the malware. Just add a good firewall and firejail and you are good to go add also good extensions for browser like uBlock Origin and Netcraft to protect you from phishing.

 

[Cortex]

Personally I like Mint, I've not really thought too much about which distro is the most secure.

 

[ChemicalB]

I think any GNU/Linux distro is safe but I know people who use Flash on Linux, even if it is obsolete, I would like to avoid insecure browser plug-ins also on Linux environment.

 

[uduoix]

Install Gentoo from stage 1

 

[eonline]

I think I'm going to stay with Qubes OS. Thank you all very much. Best regards.

 

[AlanOstaszewski]

I think I'm going to stay with Qubes OS. Thank you all very much. Best regards.

Then have fun. For me, such a security level is paranoid.

 

[Lightning_Brian]

Mint is a good distro! So I agree with @askalan ! Deepin is yet another one of my favorites along with Ubuntu. Between those three distros I don't think you could go wrong.

This is my first experience of always using linux. I think when you install your linux OS you are covered for most of the malware. Just add a good firewall and firejail and you are good to go add also good extensions for browser like uBlock Origin and Netcraft to protect you from phishing.

I couldn't agree more with @JM Security on his posting! Hats off to you JM Security! Couldn't have said it better myself.

~Brian

 

[shmu26]

All major linux distros have built-in security features, and receive security updates.
On Linux, there are about 1 new malwares every few months, as opposed to 100,000 a day on Windows.
On Linux, you can only get infected if you install from a non-official repository; you don't have weaponized documents and exploited apps etc. So it is pointless to worry about which distro is the "most secure". That's a Windows question.

 

[uduoix]

Hackers don't care about linux because of market share (little over 1%). If you replace windows with linux, i'm sure it wouldn't be that secure.

 

[eonline]

All major linux distros have built-in security features, and receive security updates.
On Linux, there are about 1 new malwares every few months, as opposed to 100,000 a day on Windows.
On Linux, you can only get infected if you install from a non-official repository; you don't have weaponized documents and exploited apps etc. So it is pointless to worry about which distro is the "most secure". That's a Windows question.

Thank you very much. Best regards.

 

[ForgottenSeer 58943]

Safest? Most secure?

Mageia for sure.

Home of the Mageia project

 

[Handsome Recluse]

What about Porteous Kiosk or Qubes?
I never tried them.