Where we throw primacy into the mix with security then we have to start to look towards Linux and BSD
type distributions.
Are there windows or mac are pretty solid for security.
They are weak for privacy.
Linux and BSD type distributions are going to give you security and privacy but you're going to have
to sacrifice interoperability and usability like you won't be able to use Photoshop or Microsoft Office.
But there are of course alternatives to use within these operating systems.
But also I'm perhaps casting too much of a dark shadow because it's possible to use multiple operating
systems without too much hassle using virtual machines.
As I've shown you can get up and running using Linux in no time in this way.
And also with live operating systems and you can get access to other operating systems pretty easily
which we also cover later on in the course.
There are three standard distributions are recommended for modest security and privacy needs.
These are Debian open BSD and Arch Linux.
Some of you may not be too up to speed with any of the laptop operating system other than Windows and
possibly Apple Mac OSX.
Briefly if you're not aware there are many many operating systems that have evolved in some way from
the mid-1960s operating system called Unix including my recommended Debian open BSD and Arch Linux.
And just quickly to get you up to speed you can see here the Unix Linux history tree and right at the
top there is Unix.
So if we zoom in a little bit and we can see here starting in the 1960s with the Unix type operating
systems and then these have eventually evolved into other operating systems.
Here you can see BSD which is where open BSD came from.
Then you have the beginning of Linux and the next is a completely free piece of software started by
Linus and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide.
So if you go further down and we can see more and more.
And here we get to Debian which is another one.
I recommended an offshoot of Linux would be things like android that would be familiar with chrome OSS.
Interestingly you can also see Apple Mac OSX here which is a derivative from BSD.
So all of these would be Unix like operating systems and there really Unix like operating systems and
enty and Windows is different to all these because it is based on the anti kernel which was developed
by Microsoft.
When you see the desktops of these Unix like operating systems the desktop is based on the desktop environment
that has been chosen and most often you can actually change that to one that you prefer.
Examples of these desktop environments include known Katie x FC mate Cinamon and elex D and be afraid
of the Unix type operating systems.
They are different but you can get to grips with them if you persist.
And if you're familiar with Mac OS X there as you can see is a BSD derivative so you'll be somewhat
familiar with the command line interface.