> There is no distro that meets the security requirements.

The CLOUD Act, in conjunction with Trump's behavior and the Snowden disclosures, shows that the US cannot possibly a trusted partner. That every operating system is controlled by Washington. Who can turn things off if they want.

I work for a stage agency. Our current state constitution was adopted in 1891. Does a digital file format exist that will work for 135+ years? We've adopted PDF/A because supposedly that's open-sourcey enough to last, but I'm not sure that it is safe enough from legal disputes to stand the test of time. Our state legislature has banned certain state stuff from being hosted in the cloud.