Where do crux users usually connect? IRC?

z3bra?

https://genode.org/

This is not a Unix like OS, but it does have a shell which can somewhat emulate a UNIX environment.

SculptOS is a microkernel OS capable of strict sandboxing and virtualisation. It could almost be compared to QubesOS in some ways, while it’s package management might be compared to NixOS. Although, neither are anything like SculptOS.

Paywall links are the worst

No, I don’t encrypt. I am a grown ass man and I rarely take my laptop out of my home. I don’t have any sensitive data on my various machines. I do use secure and encrypted cloud services to store things that I consider a security risk. Everything else is useless to a potential intruder.

Chimera is cool, and that’s coming from someone who uses Void and Alpine and NetBSD. I’ve not run it on real hardware yet, perhaps I’ll give it a try.