What is the best linux distro in your opinion considering trade-offs like good security and easy of use. I tend to tink it's debian, many talk about qubes but qubes imo is so complex that it may have more vulnerable points. I also like the idea of simplicity, the kiss method and debian fulfill that for me. Anyway that's my biased opnion, what's yours?
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50 sats \ 7 replies \ @justin_shocknet 20 Sep
Quebes is based on a hypervisor, it's more about isolation of apps from one another in a desktop setting, less about overall security.. imagine zoom for example stealing your secrets in userspace, isolation of zoom to a vm helps prevent that
Debian is probably the best mix, has the most eyes on it and conservative release cycles.
Rocky Linux probably close though from a RedHat/Fedora ecosystem preference perspective.
Ease of use depends on what you tend to find difficult about Linux, either should support the same hardware pretty equally, using KDE on either gets the same desktop experience.... (K)Ubuntu/Debian probably has slightly more guides, forum posts, or tutorials from which to learn or tweak things.
If you decide to take ease of use out of the equation completely then there's Guix, Alpine, Nix
If you're truly paranoid there's no second best to OpenBSD (not Linux)
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17 sats \ 0 replies \ @88b0c423eb OP 20 Sep
Interersting perspective, I think I like debian and find it easy to use because I've been using it for years, like saying your mother longue is the easiest.
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0 sats \ 5 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 20 Sep
OpenBSD over Qubes?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @88b0c423eb OP 20 Sep
What do you mean?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @jbschirtzinger 20 Sep
Well, OpenBSD is a monolithic kernel and Qubes is not, as was noted by @justin_shocknet. Qubes, then, is an architecture meant to contain intrusions, whereas OpenBSD can't do that should an intrusion occur.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @88b0c423eb OP 20 Sep
Oh my question was supposed to be to the post "OpenBSD over Qubes?"
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @justin_shocknet 20 Sep
Very different use profiles, OpenBSD largely for appliances
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 20 Sep
Sure, but I'd say Qubes has the edge.
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @roistrdn 20 Sep
Arch Linux, look no further, once you get used to it, it's the best. Spend a little time on it at the beginning and you're set. I have a macbook pro with dual boot with Arch and now I'm even too lazy to use macOs
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @88b0c423eb OP 20 Sep
I like Arch a lot, actually it's my second favorite. I just got a bit less enthusiastic about it after the xz security issue and how it almost got into Arch, while on debian only into sid.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @williamsantiago 20 Sep
Linux Mint with KDE Plasma
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @88b0c423eb OP 20 Sep
I used to like mint until they took 6 months to update a kernel vulnerability around 2021 if my momery is correct. KDE has too many customization settings, I like simpler things like gnome and mate but it's very personal
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 20 Sep
Linux Mint with KDE Plasma
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @rblb 20 Sep
With today's hectic software landscape, if you want a good user experience, you should choose a distro that releases important updates quickly, especially if you have, or plan to buy, modern hardware. So I wouldn't suggest debian.
I use Fedora KDE plasma desktop, great experience so far.
Previously I've been using various flavors of Ubuntu LTS since 2008, but it never shipped "perfect" for my hardware, I always had to tweak something, unlike Fedora that just works 100% out of the box.
Qubes and everything else that uses virtualization is not worth it. Virtualization is not always secure by default, especially with shared peripherals, passthroughs and random hardware. And it is going to significantly impact your user experience.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @88b0c423eb OP 20 Sep
Very interesting preferences. I like debian exactly for the opposite reasons, being able to run it in old hardware. I like the idea of lowering my time preference, like running linux on a 8gb ram(with MATE, not gnome) laptop with coreboot/libreboot and a 15-10 years old cpu. Debian goes hand in hand with that philosophy and that's why I like it so much.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @pory_gone 20 Sep
I find Kali and Parrot two of the best distros for learning security in a simple and practical way.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @88b0c423eb OP 20 Sep
I little bit niche tough
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @pory_gone 20 Sep
True, they're niche, but to learn, I don't see the point in using something you don't understand. To learn the basics, they're more than useful.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JesseJames 20 Sep
Kali
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 20 Sep
Depends on what "easy of use" is for you
I'm now on Manjaro which in Arch based. If you can use pacman and flatpaks and AUR and a thing on docker every now end then simultaneously, this might be a good choice. If that is too much for you and you just want to sudo apt install ... then yes, go for something Ubuntu or similar from the Debian world.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Kael_Yurei 20 Sep
Arch Linux is the best choice for me too.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 20 Sep
Debian...although if you are new to linux Ubuntu may be easier for getting started...but you are right, Debian is great for its application of kiss principles.
Whatever you use install Synaptic Package Manager...it makes installing programs easier.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 20 Sep
Debian Is good. It may be a good idea to create a dedicated solution with #1077125
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