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Thanks for the tip, I’d actually never heard of this distro. It seems like it might be pretty heavy duty for day to day use, though? Can you do your banking, taxes, etc.? Those are the essential things that tend to fail for me when I take a more privacy-focused approach to my digital life.
Banking is fine.
The biggest issue for daily use is USB devices (microphone, camera, etc) and hardware acceleration (HD video playback and video games).
But, yeah, I use it daily and only own 1 computer. Been my setup for years, and I could never go back. The pros outweigh the cons 100 times over
Absolutely yes. You don't need an app for banking, just a website.
It's safer too. I do all my banking in a Disposable VM. It's a fresh install of Debian or Fedora, which takes one click and about 30 seconds to create and load. When you close the browser, the VM is destroyed. This is the safest way to do banking.