OS to remain anonymous

[Ullen]

Here is a list if OS. That can help you to remain anonymous. Note that i haven't used any of the following OS so i don't know how they work but at a same time i' downloading LPS so i will let you know about it after download completes.


Tails:
The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) is a Debian-based live CD/USB with the goal of providing complete Internet anonymity for the user. The product ships with several Internet applications, including web browser, IRC client, mail client and instant messenger, all pre-configured with security in mind and with all traffic anonymised. To achieve this, Incognito uses the Tor network to make Internet traffic very hard to trace.
https://tails.boum.org/


Lightweight Portable Security (LPS):
Lightweight Portable Security (LPS) is a Linux-based live CD with a goal of allowing users to work on a computer without the risk of exposing their credentials and private data to malware, key loggers and other Internet-era ills. It includes a minimal set of applications and utilities, such as the Firefox web browser or an encryption wizard for encrypting and decrypting personal files. The live CD is a product produced by the United States of America's Department of Defence and is part of that organization's Software Protection Initiative.
http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm


Liberté Linux:
Liberté Linux is a secure, reliable, lightweight and easy-to-use Gentoo-based live medium with the primary purpose of enabling anyone to communicate safely and covertly in hostile environments.
http://dee.su/liberte


Privatix Live-System:
Privatix Live-System is a free, portable, encrypted live CD which can be installed on an USB flash drive or an external hard drive. Based on Debian GNU/Linux, it is designed for safe editing and carrying sensitive data, for encrypted communication, and anonymous web surfing (with Tor, Firefox and Torbutton).
http://mandalka.name/privatix/


Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR):
Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR) is a modified live DVD based on Ubuntu. Its goal is to provide a completely isolated working environment where private data can be dealt with safely and to protect data against unsolicited access. Networking is intentionally disabled and saving data to mounted volumes is not allowed. The live CD is not installable to hard disk.
https://www.privacy-cd.org/


Source: http://distrowatch.com/

[anarcotux]

Good... I wanted to create this list, I checking if it already exist, and here it is... In this topic I would add Freepto and Whonix as GNU/Linux systems and Anonym.OS as BSD system (OpenBSD 3.8 ).

Freepto (Linux)
http://avana.forteprenestino.net/freepto/
Freepto is an italian live and installable distro based on Debian

Whonix (Linux)
https://www.whonix.org/
Whonix is based on Debian too... Whonix consists of two parts: One solely runs Tor and acts as a gateway, which it calls Whonix-Gateway. The other, which it calls Whonix-Workstation, is on a completely isolated network. Only connections through Tor are possible...

Anonym.OS (BSD)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anonym-os/
Anonym.OS was a Live CD operating system based on OpenBSD 3.8 with strong encryption and anonymization tools. The goal of the project was to provide secure, anonymous web browsing access to everyday users.[1] The operating system was OpenBSD 3.8, although many packages have been added to facilitate its goal. It used Fluxbox as its window manager. The project was discontinued after the release of Beta 4.

[kenjoe41]

They can bring up as many OSes and you can download as many as you want but what you really need is to understand what your OS is doing with every single byte of data it processes, configure it to put it where and how. All those preconfigured OSes won't make you a ghost in my wires till understand and control your machine.

[anarcotux]

these operating systems are usefull only to discover new methods to stay anonymous... for example, you discover a new anonymous method and you set it up on the system that you normally use every day (xubuntu, freebsd, ecc... the system installed on your machine)!!! this is for me the usefulness of these operating systems for privacy and anonymity!!!

[proxx]

Anonymous my ass.
All these distros do is route your traffic through tor and thats pretty much it.
Sounds cute and all and I do appreciate the effort.
Nevertheless it doesnt do any much more than we already know.

[s1l3nc3]

in regards to secure OS i was acuatly looking for one today but then i was going to try the liberte one but then it wouldnt install so i got gentoo linux instead and im going to secure it my self

[lucid]

in regards to secure OS i was acuatly looking for one today but then i was going to try the liberte one but then it wouldnt install so i got gentoo linux instead and im going to secure it my self

That's because Liberte' is a live OS only. You really only would install that on a USB or virtualization software of your choosing. IMO your best bet is to do exactly what you said. Get a *nix, and harden that shit yourself.