In RedHat or CentOS it was enabled by default as well for a long while. The problem was that if you installed custom software (not packaged by the distro) you h

In RedHat or CentOS it was enabled by default as well for a long while. The problem was that if you installed custom software (not packaged by the distro) you had two options: - create and install SELinux rules for it - disable SELinux Unfortunately most did not bother to learn how to do the first option so they go with the 2nd.