No thanks, I've read enough about built-in Intel Me backdoor technology already. Secondly Windows 11 itself is a leaky backdoor. Thirdly Ubuntu has long had telemetry that leaks everything down
Tails OS is better than windows. Here's a guide on how to set it up:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5228801.0 Are you sure that crosschain bridges and swaps supports every hardware wallets?
I had a hardware wallet. I needed to buy some tokens. I went to the official site where these tokens are sold, click the "Connect wallet" button and in the list that appears, only metamask and other top wallets are visible, but my hardware wallet was not there. Had to transfer funds from hardware wallet to metamask and lose large gas fee
Not all hardware devices have in-built swap functions. But if you're looking for a good one that has this feature it's Trezor wallet. It's open source and one of the recommendable wallets if you want to hodl Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It also has a trezor suite swap feature that allows you swap your coin easily from one chain to another.