Are Linux Distributions Safe?! What makes you sure?

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Hello I am Sandip. I am a newbee to LInux and also liking linux so far compared to Windows. But my doubt is that are those distribution safe? For this, sometime i do hesitate to try newly coming distribtions because of my fear there could be sensitive data stealing from my pc. what is your view on this? dont hate my comment and i am just concerned about my data and nothing else.

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It been awhile since I D/L’ed a distro, but as I remember there is a check sum file you can also get from the web site. I forget the exact procedure, but the check sum file is a way to guarantee the distro file has not been modified. Here is a page from Linux Mint, if you care to read about verifying their distro.
https://linuxmint.com/verify.php

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will this method work on any distro ? or particular linux mint?

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Sorry @Sandip_Roy, but I just don’t know about all the distro. There is more then 200 distro out there, tho I assume you are talking about the top 10 or so. You will just have to check the web site of the distro you are interested in. I know Ubuntu also has a verification procedure. You can look at it here.

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Highly reviewed OSS like popular Linux OS distributions are the safest software on the entire earth. Among the worst and unsafest software are the following:

  • Windows
  • Other Microsoft products
  • macOS
  • Other Apple products
  • Electronic Arts Games
  • Ubisoft Games
  • Activision Games

Etc…

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Hi @Sandip_Roy We don’t hate your comment at it’sFOSS we like open discussion on this massive topic you call safe. I take it that you are referring to Security plus Privacy?
I was going to recommend Qubes OS which some regard as the most secure OS available today or even use my favorite Tails+Tor LIVE in RAM :wink: for online visits - but seem to remember @abhishek had this covered already. Phew. Had to drop out of FOSS to find it -why? :thinking:

Hope this helps a little? (Stay off your phone and buy a Faraday Bag.) Please ask anything FOSS related as there are so many helpful people here :+1:
ps. Don’t want to ramp up any fears further but to gain some knowledge about the scale of the problem you may wish to start here:- :scream: :cold_face: :woozy_face:

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