Continuing the discussion from Are LTS kernels recommended for security? - #7 by SkewedZeppelin Damn, that’s a very detailed overview on the issue. Thanks for digging it up. Though, this is getting off-topic at the same time topic related. Is there debian a distro based with kernel.org Kernels ? …

[image] anon55142611: But I think it’s risky what if it’s 0-day vulnerability. I think this is the core issue. Your threat model doesn’t seem well defined. Are you actively being targeted by the government or an advanced intelligence agency? Why is this risky? Remember, risk isn’t binary. Yo…

I am considering OpenSUSE slowroll. So, I get the latest but also with a gap. Instead of dumping updates, it’s the closest I could have. So, Tumbleweed users are always on the latest whereas Slowroll (essentially tumbleweed under the hood) will release updates as required after testing not instantl…

[image] anon55142611: The app in question is freedownloadmanager , It’s the only best free download manager available with great browser integration. Have you looked into other apps like https://motrix.app/ seems a lot modern. If you want a popular option which is also open source and works g…

https://abdownloadmanager.com/ - This satisfies my need. They will provide RPM package in the future - This is a very recent project. I tried motrix, Browser integration not good, aria2 - messes up.

[image] anon55142611: I am looking forward to use a distro that has update cycle as Fedora, Community based, No-Snaps and is based on Debian. None seems to fit my case. The more I dive into Linux security, the more I stop caring about fixing it, because it is such a mess, which you can’t fix …

[image] anon55142611: I am considering OpenSUSE slowroll. So, I get the latest but also with a gap. Instead of dumping updates, it’s the closest I could have. So, Tumbleweed users are always on the latest whereas Slowroll (essentially tumbleweed under the hood) will release updates as required …

[image] sha123: security boundaries around applications It’s getting there though. Shouldn’t AppArmor + Bubblejail + A secure display server fix most issues? PulseAudio is still an issue but other than that, I can’t think of anything else that is a major concern.

major concern. the part where we have ~12 years worth of awesome compile time hardening features capable of mitigating entire bug classes that no major Linux distro has bothered to ship

Hmm, could you share which ones? I currently have this in CFLAGS CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions \ -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 -Wformat -Werror=format-security \ -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection \ -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mno-omit-lea…

@anon55142611 Maybe you can have a look at Spirallinux: SpiralLinux - Linux, faster than a snail SpiralLinux is a user-friendly preconfigured Debian system with live installation Maybe it fits your needs

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So, It’s just okay to use debian I guess. If it feels right for me.

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