I am new to Linux and I love it. However, while I have been playing around with several flavours of Linux, only one question comes into my mind as a new user to the Linux systems: how can I ensure a Linux distro is safe, secure and trustworthy without any backdoors or malware codes within the OS?I started using Deepin and I must say I love it. I gave Ubuntu, Zorin, Mint, Kubuntu, Linux Lite, Elementary OS and few others a try some time ago but they all needed too much tinkering to get it to the way I want; but Deepin fits the bills in many ways. Its simple, elegant and so far has been pretty responsive to what I want to use it for; but the big question in my mind is how can I trust this distro?I use my computer to do things like online banking and create databases which holds sensitive information as I work for a public organisation and cannot compromise such data.I have contacted the Linux Foundation however didnt get any response.I watched RMS talking about Ubuntu and how Ubuntu shares the Desktop search keywords with Amazon and I agree with him that this is a default spyware which I know can be turned off and disabled but the fact is it is still a spyware.Please can someone tell me how I can ensure a Linux distro is safe, secure and have been scrutinised for any threats or malicious codes by a trustworthy Linux organisation? I have googled it however cant find anything solid on how to check the integrity of a Linux based OS.
How to check a Linux Distro is secure and has no malicious code?
linux;security