First of all, I’d like to apologize for contributing to the constant stream/flow of posts in which the main theme/idea/motive is to find a suitable distro for the OPoster. I wish we’d have a dedicated community that’s active/large to the extent we’d be able to delegate/contain these convos to their designated places, but alas…

With that out of the way, we can get to the actual meat. So, for two weeks, I’ve been reading a ton about different distros. And while I’m still primarily overwhelmed by the amount of choice, I think I’ve finally got somewhat of an idea.

Requirements:

• Software-wise, the only thing I’m worried about is Davinci Resolve. It should work, but it seems to be hit or miss. The distro I wish to use should handle this gracefully.
• I’m a huge snob for security and privacy. As I’m kinda worried that desktop Linux’ security isn’t on par with M$ or macOS, I wish to use as secure of a system as possible to (somewhat) compensate for that.

I like to follow ‘authorities’ whenever I’m overwhelmed. As I’ve known them since their PrivacyTools-days, it was easy for me to designate Privacy Guides as such. Hence, I’ve come to appreciate its recommendations. But, I believe the tailor-made consensus by this communities’ experts is at least equally important.

That’s where I’m coming from, let’s head over to the questions:

• Are PrivacyGuides’ recommendations actually good in the first place?

• From what I can tell, the subset of security-focused distros are (at least potentially) my end-game. But, from what I could gather, they’re not sensible picks for a newb. Is this correct?

• As for what remains, I got the following assumptions (please correct me if I’m wrong*):

  • The anonymity-focused distros don’t seem well-suited for general use.
  • Hardening Arch or NixOS to the extent we find within the offerings of Fedora or openSUSE isn’t trivial.
  • Fedora’s Atomic Desktops offer something tangibly superior security-wise over what we find for traditional Fedora and openSUSE at the expense of convenience.

  As such, am I correct to assume that Fedora Atomic Desktops are best for me? Would you happen to know if it plays nicely with Davinci Resolve?

• Are there any other distros worth mentioning within the context? If so, which ones and why?

• Any gotchas or otherwise I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance for your input!