
A malware ridden website in the untrusted qube will not affect the banking session. Thanks to this arrangement you can run Firefox in one qube to visit untrusted websites and another instance of the browser in a different qube to transact online. An individual instance of an app is restricted within its own qube. Qubes uniquely isolates several essential elements of the operating system inside different virtual machines, called qubes. It works on the principle of Security by Isolation and makes intelligent use of virtualization to ensure that malicious software doesn’t infect other parts of the installation. Qubes has established itself as arguably the most popular security-centric distro. The Panic Room entry includes various privacy tools including a tool to wipe RAM, and an option to create a password that when entered will securely erase all contents of your encrypted Kodachi installation.

Additionally, the distro encrypts the connection to the DNS resolver and includes well-known cryptographic and privacy tools to encrypt offline files, emails and instant messaging. The distro also bundles a collection of tools to easily change identifying information such as the Tor exit country. It also includes an entire suite of privacy-protection tools including VeraCrypt, zuluCrypt, KeePassXC, Metadata Anonymization Toolkit (MAT) for zapping metadata information from files, and more. The distro uses AppArmor for application isolation. Kodachi also takes many steps to bolster security. Advanced users can also connect via their own VPN. To ensure privacy, Kodachi very uniquely routes all your connections to the Internet through a VPN before passing them to the Tor network.

Kodachi includes all the apps you’ll find on a regular desktop distribution and then some. The distro is loaded to the brim with apps that cater to all kinds of users. Kodachi uses a customized Xfce desktop and aims to give users access to a wide variety of security and privacy tools while still being intuitive.
