For my phone, I use Graphene OS. What would be the best desktop Linux option to match the level of security and privacy that GOS provides?

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[–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Pretty much any distro that isn't Ubuntu. Are you asking for privacy or security? Those are very different.

For security, I'd stick to more complete distros like Fedora instead of more diy distros like NixOS or Arch. They're great to learn and tinker with, but distros like Fedora have security experts adding mitigations and security stuff in the distro by default, whereas most users of Arch or something would have to manually look up those things and keep up to date on the latest security. So basically, none of them lol.

Using more hardcore security distros like QubesOS is not very realistic as a daily driver. You'll see Linux nerds name drop it and claim they know what they're talking about, but none of them will actually dailt drive it because it's a very painful experience. Just stick with flatpaks as much as you can for pretty solid security.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What security stuff/mitigations are added on Fedora that are not on Ubuntu?

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Looks like they do add quite a bit security features. Having SELinux installed and working out of the box being the biggest. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security_Features

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    My question is simple: Which of these security features are not enabled/present in Ubuntu that give Fedora an advantage?

    SELinux has a functional equivalent called Apparmor that is also enabled out of the box in most distros.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Selinux is more secure then app armor, but more difficult to use. Ubuntu is also pretty secure, I'm just not as familiar with it. I mentioned it for the privacy but, since it used to have some Amazon bloat crapped bundled and telemetry built in.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I have nothing against your personal preferences. But maybe compare today's Ubuntu vs Fedora. It would be a much more fair comparison.

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