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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: Meerkovo on October 09, 2013, 12:17 pm
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Linux - which one? Never really got into it, but was just wondering which one would pretty much come close to to the Windows/MAC GUI?
Also, compatible for TrueCrypt FDE?
Any help is appreciated.
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Pear Linux comes close to Mac GUI. TrueCrypt FDE supported.
clearnet: pearlinux.fr
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You are right, the Pear does come very close...
As for the Windows(ish) it seems Zorin OS.
Now would any mind to give a simple overview into the difference between for example Zorin or Pear? Or Ubuntu? Sorry guys, a bit noob when it comes to Linux....
Cheers
M
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Liberte is great for this kind of place, but is so restricted it's useless for more legitimate things so not so great as an all-the-time replacement for windows/OSX. Personally, I prefer lightweight Linux distros like Bodhi Linux. A good list here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Linux_distribution
Ubuntu is probably easiest to pick up as a new-to-linux distro, and has really good and extensive support. Plus, despite it's downsides (overly animated and 'flashy', some crap new features, heavy), it has an awesome philosophy: It is named after the Southern African philosophy of ubuntu (literally, "human-ness"), which often is translated as "humanity towards others" or "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity" and the guy who originally financed it is an African millionaire who's aim was to create a linux distro to challenge windows/Apple but that was free, since software licenses are a real drain on startups in Africa and other developing areas.
Anyhow, I found this article which looks to be a pretty fair overview and is definitely a good starting point. Try summink out, if you don't like it try summink else - they're all free!
http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/708977-the-2013-top-7-best-linux-distributions-for-you
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You should also have a look here:
clearnet: prism-break.org
It seems that Ubuntu is not recommended due to data leaks.
Both Pear and Zorin are Ubuntu based.
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Try playing around with any flavor of BSD FreeBSD/OpenBSD/DragonflyBSD or Centos/Fedora/Redhat in a VM
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Try playing around with any flavor of BSD FreeBSD/OpenBSD/DragonflyBSD or Centos/Fedora/Redhat in a VM
Oh man, don't. I read in some article that BSD is a big no-no, summink to do with using a weakened encryption system or similar, one of the ones the NSA dicked about with.... can't find the article now, but will update if I can...
You should also have a look here:
clearnet: prism-break.org
It seems that Ubuntu is not recommended due to data leaks.
Both Pear and Zorin are Ubuntu based.
And yeah, I wouldn't use Ubuntu for anything secure, I'd use Liberte or TAILS for that. I was talking about systems for replacing plain ol' windows or osx....
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Ok I appreciate the input guys, time to make up mind soon.
Ideally, what I want to do...
Use a fresh computer for SR only. That means, best type of OS and and the usual encryption stuff. I understand some basics, and Tails would come after. But knowing what I would need it for, which OS is best recommended in this case. Bearing in mind, a Linux-noob will be using it :)
M