Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system
www.qubes-os.org
Qubes is a security-oriented, free and open-source operating system for personal computers that allows you to securely compartmentalize your digital life.

With all the supply chain attacks in the Linux ecosystem, isn’t the natural solution to move to full application sandboxing?

Flatpacking is great but not all applications support it.

Is it too much of a hassle?

  • typhoon@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    No. Security and privacy are necessary but are nothing if not balanced with convenience. A little sacrifice of convenience is necessary but Qubes and even Secureblue passed the mark in my rule. This comes from one that has in its installation: LUKS, Secure boot, TPM PCR 7 verification, Apparmor.d updates and enforced, UFW, dnscrypt, run0, AIDE, Lynis, auditd, checking reproducible packages, etc…