Ask HN: Secure and minimalist linux distros?

I'd say good ole debian would accomplish your goals, but I'll defer to commenters with more ornate tin-foil hats.

Look what is on the front page today http://goto.ucsd.edu/quark/

I'm surprised nobody has linked http://crunchbang.org/

just run 2 browsers man

Bruce Schneier uses Tails: https://tails.boum.org/

>Since I started working with Snowden's documents, I have been using GPG, Silent Circle, Tails, OTR, TrueCrypt, BleachBit, and a few other things I'm not going to write about.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-rema...