OP here. My gut says I should run OpenBSD on a ThinkPad and just figure out all the dependencies. Tails sounds good too, though that's a slightly different prob

OP here. My gut says I should run OpenBSD on a ThinkPad and just figure out all the dependencies. Tails sounds good too, though that's a slightly different problem. I want a permanent system. I just don't want it on the network much and I do want it to handle protocols well. Seems like OpenBSD is the way to go in that regard. But then, I'm definitely not an expert.