CLIP OS is a Linux-based operating system created by ANSSI, the National Cybersecurity Agency of France.
[1][2] The aim is to produce a hardened operating system to secure sensitive information which meets[3] the needs of the French Administration.
[2][1] CLIP OS is based on the Hardened Gentoo variant of Gentoo Linux.
[4] The developers have noted that whilst it has similar aims to Qubes OS, the environment isolation mechanism is different.
[3] Further, administrators on a CLIP OS system will not be able to access user data, unlike a Qubes-based system.