He's just bringing a valid point. Despite the lack of isolation between pieces of software, I too feel more confident about what's running on my Linux distros.

He's just bringing a valid point. Despite the lack of isolation between pieces of software, I too feel more confident about what's running on my Linux distros. That's not to say that "sandboxing is for noobs", but it's an interesting point. It's like how people in very rural areas can feel perfectly safe not locking doors and stuff, sleeping outside, etc., while that would be extremely foolish to do in the middle of certain cities, in certain neighborhoods. Different environments, different dangers, and I think it's fine to enjoy the benefits of a safer environment. Safety in this case is not provided by physical distance between homes but by curation of software done by nonprofit groups and selection of nearly only open source software with easy building of packages and tracking of changes in the source. > Did you compile them yourselves? Did you compile the compiler? There's no such thing as perfect security, and I think you know that. If you think your compiler may be compromised, there's stuff you could do, you just have to evaluate where the paranoia starts and stop before then.