Post #3366453
2026-06-21 14:37 UTC
I love little distros, but it does break my heart that they cannot give the same reassurance on potential malware as Mint would.
Don’t forget their ability to patch critical security issues in a timely manner.
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@Bogus007@lemmy.zip 2026-06-22 04:46
Well, Void is not that large, but they quickly patch security issues, especially due to being a rolling release. OpenBSD, not Linux or rolling release though, is not a huge OS either, but they are patching - if there is a security issue - quickly. Similarly Slackware - if we want to come back again to a Linux distro. In other words: No, the size of its dev team does not necessarily mean that they are behind with patching security issues. it depends on the commitment and skills of devs, and the community.