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What is considered the most security conscious OS today? What is the most secure OS that can be run without enormous pain? I am about to rebuild my machine, an
by 0cf8612b2e1e 3y ago
What is considered the most security conscious OS today? What is the most secure OS that can be run without enormous pain?
I am about to rebuild my machine, and have been toying with switching to Qubes or Fedora Silverblue + distrobox, but would love to hear if there are better options available today.
I install so much developer tooling it seems inevitable that a bad actor can slip in and upload my $HOME. Trying to ascertain a practical way of segregating personal data from applications. I already run some apps in VMs, but trying to become a bit more rigorous about isolation.
- _factor 3y agoAn SEL4 kernel based os, but they’re few and far between for desktop use for some reason.
- rustcleaner 3y ago[dead]
- xcdzvyn 3y agoIf only NixOS supported isolating packages/devshells
- sodality2 3y agoAs mentioned, Qubes would be ideal for this. A new VM for each development project (or same attack levels - for example, VM for professional software dev, VM for side projects, VM for playing around with random interesting GH projects, etc). Requires a ton of RAM though - also a good CPU. And forget about gaming!
- isp 3y agoIronically, ChromeOS is likely the most security-conscious OS available for developers. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37783081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37783081 However, it is definitely not the most privacy-focused OS, due to deep Google integration. This is the main reason that I haven't moved myself over to ChromeOS.