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It’s more nuanced than that. Most of the major distributions provide the packages and hence the install scripts (the part which runs as root) and if you don’t t
by mindwok 5y ago
It’s more nuanced than that. Most of the major distributions provide the packages and hence the install scripts (the part which runs as root) and if you don’t trust them then you shouldn’t be running their Linux distribution.
Once most software is installed it will run unprivileged, and in most cases will be even further restricted by selinux, app armour, and/or systemd.
- lokedhs 5y agoUnprivileged doesn't really mean anything. Since pretty much everything sensitive is running as a single user, having root doesn't really give much much that you couldn't already do as the user. You're right that apparmour can help, but getting good profiles for the software you use is not easy, and I'd say less available than Flatpak.