Post #3364526
2026-06-21 05:46 UTC
choosing a distro with specialised security hardening (immutable systems, Nix, Qubes, Bazzite) does matter; most of these will make new users unhappy or even question their sanity.
Out of curiosity, as someone who’s never used Bazzite/other uBlue/SilverBlue/etc, what makes it difficult for new users? I definitely agree with Nix and Qubes though (and SecureBlue).
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@EchoDelta_9@programming.dev 2026-06-21 05:55
Not the one you asked, but I think the answer lies in the bold part: most of these will make new users unhappy or even question their sanity. For example, I can’t imagine any of the uBlue projects causing major difficulties. Though, edge cases do exist; adding kernel mods can still be a bitch, even if there are efforts to improve this.
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@IratePirate@feddit.org 2026-06-21 07:01
Basically, anything that isn’t packaged as a flatpak needs to be installed from the CLI using distrobox containers, which will go over the heads of the majority of new users.
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@MangoPenguin@piefed.social 2026-06-21 14:56
There’s a ton of added friction when doing things outside the basic ‘install Flatpak app’. Security generally comes at the price of being difficult to use.