Can't speak for any other distro but android's winulator (under the hood wine and box64/86) runs pretty well
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And even then you could make Ubuntu the most privacy focused, secure distro ever with a little work - just as you could rip tails open and allow access to the world.
So yeah if they were regulated as the other commenter said, they'd essentially becomd illegal to use cause what system is 100% secufe
Kinda think this would be entirely dependent on the imaginary regulations, so comments like this are essentially nonsense.
Just look at the bastardisation of current regulated terms
I'm curious what type of workflow you have to utilise mainly the sane data consistently, I'm probably biased because I like to try software out - but I can't imagine (outside office use) a loop that would remain this closed
Currently have 2 1tb NVME's over around 6 tb of HDDs, works really nice to keep a personal steam cache on the HDD's in case I pick up an old game with friends, or want to play a large game but only use part of it (ie cod zombies).
Also is super helpful for shared filesystem's (syncthing or NFS), as its able to support peripheral computers a lot more dynamically then I'd ever care to personally configure. (If thats unclear, I use it for a jellyfin server, crafty instance, some coding projects - things that see heavy use in bursts, but tend to have an attention lifespan).
Using bcachefs with backups myself, and after a couple months my biggest worry is the kernel drama more than the fs itself
Probably should have elaborated more in the original comment, but essentially I'm not a professional so the freedom of creating custom UI + having some standard variable structures like 2d and 3d transformations are worth it.
It also has a python-eqsue language, good build in ide, documentation, generic GPU access, and most importantly personally is extremely cross platform.
Mostly visualisations though, with rust doing the actual legwork
Mostly for visualisations, but having a standardised reference for 2d and 3d transforms has come in handy too.
Admittedly, visuals aside, rust does most of the mathematical heavy lifting
Edit to note I'm not employed in data science, so I have a lot more wiggle room for things to go wrong
Ive had surprising luck with Godot for basic things, complimenting it with rust or opengl for higher performance
Pretty sure I saw on the arch wiki you can even use exclusive vram on a system
Pipes can't freeze if they're halfway to boiling, I like your thinking
Pissed off pedestrian matters until they're out of your rear view, pissed off boss could mean losing housing, food security
Theres a difference between stable and outdated. Generally bleeding edge will introduce many more vulnerabilities than will go unnoticed in stable.
Debian is known (almost exclusively) for only updating their repo when they're certain it is safe, but also rapidly pushing security patches; its a server oriented distro where security is paramount.