How we tested...

We’ve covered some of the distributions in this Roundup before. A few from earlier Roundups have fallen by the wayside which is why we’ll rate the ones on test here based on their release schedules. We’ll also look at their mechanisms for ensuring privacy and rate them depending on the different aspects of computing they safeguard, e.g. a distro that only protects privacy leaks while you’re online will be rated lower than the one that also protects your privacy offline. Also, support avenues and documentation will go a long way in ensuring such a specialised distro’s uptake as will their ease of deployment, both of which will also be tested. Finally, since the objective is to use these privacy distros as a regular desktop, we’ll also test their feasibility as an everyday distro that you can use for your daily computing needs.