optimized live CD for travel laptop, no hard drive

[cooper]

Hi All,

I've been thinking about a road trip, but security worries me. Been thinking about completely removing the hard disk and just booting/running the operating system from the CD. Temp storage would come from USB flash drive.

What would be the best distro on liveCD for this purpose?

 

[arochester]

Edward Snowden's favorite: https://tails.boum.org/

 

[atanere]

Or Knoppix... since it has so many apps built in to it.

But if I were to travel internationally, I don't think I'd even take a computer these days. It wouldn't be worth the potential hassle, to me.

Good luck!

 

[cooper]

I tried Tails quite a while ago and liked it. Seems I recall that it could not deal with video very well while maintaining security. Any changes to that??

I have not tried Knoppix in many years, time for a new look-see.

Seems to me that a machine without a hard disk (and instant flash storage only as needed) would take care of a lot of potential problems and false claims. Low end laptops are so cheap that it would not be a loss if "authorities" decided to steal it.

I'm lost without alternative news on the 'net. I can't even watch mainstream news these days as the content and steerage are just too obvious.