Quote from: eddie13 on November 25, 2019, 07:17:44 PM

What do you guys think about using TOR from Windows 10?, compared to Win 7, Ubuntu, or even Tails?
Is it bad to run TOR on Win 10? Dangers?

well, seeing as Microsoft have taken to telling everyone "We ~~spy~~ *ahem* collect data from everything you do on Windows!!", I don't think you have much of a guarantee that Tor Browser is secure on Windows. I mean, it works, but that's irrelevant if Microsoft are listening to everything that's happening at the OS's end.

Quote from: eddie13 on November 25, 2019, 07:17:44 PM

I'm barely tech savvy enough to make Tails work, I'm ashamed to admit.. It's always something that doesn't work right...
I had an old version of tails and remember it being "better" from my perspective as in it just worked and worked right every time without a bunch of messing around compared to the new one, which doesn't like being installed on something not "removable", bunch of glitches like pixilated screens when loading, and internet adapter problems, can't even get the Ethernet to work on my Alienware with Tails much less wifi for some reason but works if I boot it on some other computers.. It doesn't even work the same way consistently it seems..

sounds like that one laptop doesn't have drivers for its network devices in standard Tails. This can be worse for new hardware, as Linux devs just haven't gotten round to adding support for brand new devices yet. Which means using older hardware is more likely to work without having to go to extra lengths

Quote from: eddie13 on November 25, 2019, 07:17:44 PM

Qubes OS + Whonix is like out of my league..
I tried putting Qubes on a portable HDD recently actually and couldn't even get it to boot and gave up immediately, lol..

You need specific features on your CPU for latest Qubes (VT-d and SLAT, or the AMD equivalent of those).

Best thing is to base your choice of computer around Linux for a Linux machine (same especially goes for non-standard peripherals, such as printers, research models that are known to work with Linux before buying).