I am thinking of starting with BTC and looking at the best options for cold storage. There are of course the commercial hardware wallet solutions, but being a linux daily-driver type person, I have looked closely at the encrypted usb loaded with tails OS solution, and it is the solution I am leaning toward. But perhaps I am not seeing the forest for the linux tree I prefer. What real advantages might a commercial hardware wallet have over the usb/tails solution?
At this point I am only planning to start stacking BTC and HODL, and so I cannot see what advantage other than possible convenience the commercial hardware wallet has in comparison, but I am certainly open to some advice if there are before I pull the trigger one way or the other.
