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I would use it because of how customizable it is. Encryption support seems very robust, and you've got all-foss obviously. It seems like a great option like tails, but more customizable
If customizability is your concern, then Arch might be a better fit. Arch is almost as customizable, without the build step. The recent Gentoo binary repo is also equivalent.
I use Gentoo too. But it's for another reason.
Not really, on Gentoo you can set use_flags to disable entire parts of a binary. Is it useful? Is it worth it? I personally think not, which is why I stopped using Gentoo, but it's definitely more customisable than Arch.
However that has nothing to do with doing illegal stuff, not sure where he got that idea from.
I think it is very useful because of that, because that way you can omit dependencies that would be installed otherwise.
And maybe it reduces the risk of having bugs and security problems in the software that you use tied to certain features of it you don't have compiled in.
Or maybe it causes other bugs or security issues that are not widely known because most people use it with different flags.
It's no more or less secure, it's just more customisable.
You either have to learn very advanced, current security stuff and completely understand the logic of Linux security or pay significant sum to a person who knows to do criminal things on any Linux or protect your private life. Windows? Multiply time& money by 10X. Unless you are Fortune 500 or a government you aren't getting the source anyway.
I am telling it to people who will install any ISO blindly paying significant amounts of cash to VPN services with their own credit cards and access their Gmail :-)
And obviously tails is a live usb os and designed for that purpose
Yeah tails wasn't the best comparison on second thought