I've tried to make these tables as simple as possible, but as these were made in a spreadsheet program they may look archaic. Simply put, rows include the operating system name, and columns include the security mitigation. A blank space is indicative of the operating system lacking that specific feature, while an X denotes that the operating system has the feature in question. Simple right? Another thing you may want to note is that these tables only include features enabled by default, as in features that require no configuration. This means some distributions may look less secure than they would be with a proper configuration, so by all means do NOT use these tables as your only source of information. Without further adieu, here are the tables:
This table features traditional, persistent, linux-based operating systems. The exception here being QubesOS, which is not technically a linux distro, but lacks another spot on this list to be included.
This table includes the nontraditional, stateless, live operating systems. The criteria here is slightly different, as I'm less concerned with privsep, and more concerned with protecting the computer from persistent compromise. That being said, most of the criteria is the same.
This table features Android distributions, including proprietary distributions under the moniker 'Google Android'. I do not list out all of the LineageOS based systems as separate systems, as they'll inherit most of the features (or lack thereof) from LineageOS.
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