The XZ Utils thing is a prime example of the risks Linux faces.
Mobile operating systems in general are far more secure than Desktop operating systems. ChromeOS seems to be the most secure desktop option, but given the privacy implications of a Google operating system and the lock-down of Google Play I wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole.
Tried it. Firstly it wouldn’t install. Secondly, the developer lead developer is a very private person and I don’t trust a Linux distro made by someone who is so secretive.
Linux in general is not secure for desktop users. There’s basically never sandboxing, and when there is it’s usually weak, antivirus is rarely used, and developers aren’t vetted as stringently as with paid software. Apparently Fedora and OpenSUSE take these issues more seriously, and SE Linux does somewhat restrict what malicious things a piece of software can do.
It’s a pretty widely held view that Fedora and OpenSUSE are more secure than Debian, Ubuntu, and Arch for desktop users but I’m not really an expert so I’m mostly retroactively justifying what I’ve heard second-hand.
With LUKS the whole “reboot to update” thing is 1000 times as inconvenient. I set it to install updates immediately, and even automatically, but the update process just isn’t going great for me in a bunch of ways.
I’ve recently had some issues with Fedora (KDE). After I install any update it tells me to restart to finish installing. So I restart and it still tells me the same thing. Probably time I distrohop again.
With the usual restriction of “either upstream or Mint, otherwise you’re doing it wrong”. There are 6 options. Ubuntu is obviously out. Arch is not my cup of tea. Fedora is already ruled out. Debian/Mint aren’t as secure as Fedora/OpenSUSE. That leaves me with going back to OpenSUSE Leap.
But the proprietary media codecs on OpenSUSE come from the AUR … looks like I’m out of options.
Name one nuclear-armed state America has dared to invade.
Yet the reverse is somehow not double standards, simply because the Russian state has a historical connection to communism.
This is directed at me specifically by the looks of it. And I stand by everything I said.
What does Vulkan video decoding do?
Fedora does good work on security and it doesn’t have snaps. But personally I prefer the stability of Debian (not that I daily drive it).
I’m not trying to defend him
Defend him from what?
Upstream or Mint. Meaning Fedora or Mint, since you ruled out Debian and Arch.
IIRC Linus is self-declared as “woke”. The exact quote is:
I’m a card-carrying atheist, I think a woman’s right to choose is very important, I think that “well regulated militia” means that guns should be carefully licensed and not just randomly given to any moron with a pulse, and I couldn’t care less if you decided to dress up in the “wrong” clothes or decided you’d rather live your life without feeling tied to whatever plumbing you were born with. And dammit, if that all makes me “woke”, then I think anybody who uses that word as a pejorative is a f*cking disgrace to the human race.
That’s well outside the scope of the Linux kernel policies.
I have one in my bathroom, and you’re seriously complaining about the one in your living room?
Putting aside the question, the answer is that they should use upstream or Mint, there are basically no exceptions.
Forgiveness and trust are two different things.
Nothing is ever completely unforgivable (emphasis on the “completely”), literal Hitler aside.
If someone murders their spouse in a fit of rage and not only shows intense remorse for their crimes but also dedicates their life to helping others at tremendous cost to themselves, I’d be able to forgive them.
I can’t even make time for all the PC games I want to play. Just recently I had to remove Deltarune, Void Stranger, Ghostland Yard, and Blacksmith Song of Two Kings from my wishlist and boy has that been giving me an existential crisis.
It would be an absolute nightmare if I added console exclusives to the mix.
Communism isn’t magic. Humans are still in charge.