I never worried on Windows about security as much as I should have, it just so happens I've been lucky to have never been hit with ransomware. By the time...

TL;DR - About switching from Linux Mint to Qubes OS from among various other options that try to provide security out-of-the-box (also discussed: OpenBSD, SculptOS, Ghaf, GrapheneOS)

  • N.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I am excited to see Chimera Linux mature because iy seems like a distro which prioritizes a simple but modern software stack.

    Features of Chimera that I like include:

    • Not run by fascists
    • Not SystemD (dinit)
    • Not GNU coreutils (BSD utils)
    • Not glibc (musl)
    • Not jemalloc (mimalloc)
    • Proper build system, not just Bash scripts in a trenchcoat

    What I would like:

    • MAC (SELinux)
    • Switch to Fish over Bash (because it is a much lighter codebase)
    • Switch from mimalloc to hardened_malloc (or mimalloc built with secure flag). Sadly hardened_malloc is only x64 or aarch64
    • Hardened sysctl kernel policy
    • yazomie@lemmings.worldOP
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      1 month ago

      Chimera is a nice alternative to Alpine, have you thought of sending this feedback to Chimera’s dev?

      • N.E.P.T.R@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I thought about it (and I might still) but the project is still in beta and implementing sysctl and MAC would slow everything down development-wise. Switching to Fish would be easy and cool though.