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@SkewedZeppelin 's configuration toolkit that can increase security and allow one to quickly install certain apps
Why I think this tool should be added
On Fedora Atomic, Brace has some overlap with secureblue’s configurations. However, unlike secureblue, Brace isn’t limited to just Fedora Atomic. It seems to be available on every PG recommended distro.
(I’ve also been schooled on Brace multiple times so I can really see its usefulness )
What applications does Brace install for you? I haven’t had a close look at the repo yet, but it seems like it installs a hardened version of Chromium?
I’d love any testimony from your experiences using it, if applicable.
I personally find that Brace’s applications are less important than the configurations. But Brace does help install stuff like Tor Browser without having to compile it from source or use the Tor Browser Installer, which is useful.
Hello, I know the question wasn’t directed at me, but I want to share my experience.
I’ll put here the direct link to the program package, to facilitate the discussion:
What can I say?
When I used this Brace Toolkit, as mentioned by the other member, it only installs the settings you expect.
To install the recommended programs you have to run a command built into toolkit.
Once you’ve done that, it will give you suggestions:
INFO: This script is intended for use on desktop machines, not servers!
INFO: This script is geared towards personal use and some packages may not be appropiate for business systems!
Would you like to simply install all recommended packages?
“Yes” “No”
What new, or different, experience did I get from using the command?
I chose to install the apps category by category and discovered Tor Browser Launcher!
Being related to Tor Browser, I went to see if it was safe. Then I discovered (rediscovered) the author Micah Lee!
Until then, even though I’d seen his name in other places, I hadn’t recognized it or given it due importance. Today I read his blog and remember his apps, thinking about demonstrations, human rights, etc.
Anyway, my experience is that I discovered some cool new apps, which I installed for “fun” and “discovery”, uninstalled most of them, and used a few while I was on Linux, until I went back to Windows.
@SkewedZeppelin Please let me know if you would prefer me to ask this elsewhere, but are there any plans for adding in Brace the option to replace GNU utils with uutils, sudo with sudo-rs, bash with fish shell, and sysctl with systeroid? I was considering opening up a topic to ask PG to suggest these replacements in the Linux Overview, but if Brace would be able to install them, PG recommending Brace would already do that.
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