Creating an Armory USB drive for offline usage: which Linux distro?

[Kazimir]

I want to create a bootable USB flash drive with some Linux version + Armory, to keep my private keys protected and only sign transactions (or, actually, creating private keys and only ever decrypting them whatsoever) within the dedicated, protected, non-internet-connected Linux environment.

Question: what Linux distribution would you recommend?

• Ununtu (as explained in the bitcoin.it wiki: how to setup a secure offline savings wallet)
  
• Ubuntu Privacy Remix (an Ubuntu variant with disabled internet & harddisk access)
  
• Gentoo (as explained in the portable offline Armory installation with the Gentoo Linux LiveDVD topic)
  
• Liberté Linux (secure lightweight Gentoo variant)
  
• Anything else?

[Red Emerald]

I'd recommend Ubuntu considering that's what Armory is developed with. The no network privacy remix sounds like a good idea.

[K1773R]

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, there is another person who made it with the newest debian and the new Gnome3, it was hard to even control it lol

[marcus_of_augustus]

Take a look at Tails (debian) ... might be a good template to use, obviously without the network connectivity.

https://tails.boum.org/

[flipperfish]

You could also have a look at my PrivCoin Distro. I admit, that it's a little bit out of date, but it should be quite easy to change the build-process for a more recent version of Armory or qt-bitcoin.

[N.Z.]

Check out this

[Rampion]

I like the UPR solution. Just a question: where I can find all the necessary packages to install Armory offline in UPR?

[Red Emerald]

I like the UPR solution. Just a question: where I can find all the necessary packages to install Armory offline in UPR?

http://packages.ubuntu.com/

I think you'll want the lucid packages since UPR is based on 10.04.

It might be easier to build a custom CD.  https://www.privacy-cd.org/en/tutorials/build-your-own-cd