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Linux Hardening Guide / Linux is Insecure (madaidans-insecurities.github.io)
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Writeup from 2022 that I assume is mostly still valid. TLDR:

  1. Mainstream Linux is less secure than macOS, Windows, and ChromeOS. (Elsewhere: "[iOS/Android] were designed with security as a foundational component. They were built with sandboxing, verified boot, modern exploit mitigations and more from the start. As such, they are far more locked down than other platforms and significantly more resistant to attacks.")
  2. Move as much activity outside the core maximum privilege OS as possible.
  3. OP doesn't mention immutable OS, but I assume they help a lot.
  4. Create a threat model and use it to guide your time and money investments in secure computing.

Once you have hardened the system as much as you can, you should follow good privacy and security practices:

  1. Disable or remove things you don't need to minimise attack surface.
  2. Stay updated. Configure a cron job or init script to update your system daily.
  3. Don't leak any information about you or your system, no matter how minor it may seem.
  4. Follow general security and privacy advice.
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[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Time to distrohop again. Kubuntu's been irking me for a while and that guide says it's insecure and CachyOS (though I don't like the default software suite) has been nice. Though I need to find an alternative distro (don't trust Red Hat, had a bad experience with OpenSUSE, don't have the patience to learn Arch).

[-] HaraVier@discuss.online 2 points 2 days ago

Accompanied with your input, if we look at the distros that are mentioned between Privacy Guides and PrivSec.dev; then Arch Linux, NixOS or a derivative of either of the two seem to be most suitable for you at first glance. As NixOS is rather infamous for its learning curve and you seem to have gotten a liking to CachyOS, I'd recommend a distro under the umbrella of Arch Linux. I suppose it's rather unfortunate that I'm unaware of a well-maintained Arch-derivative that's properly hardened; somewhat akin to what secureblue/Kicksecure/nix-mineral offer for Fedora Atomic/Debian/NixOS respectively. Though..., perhaps that's actually what's to be expected with Arch Linux 😅; I hope you may find solace at the fact that the ever-so-reliable ArchWiki got your back: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Security. Wish ya good luck 😉!

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I'm probably gonna go for Fedora or OpenSUSE. I like CachyOS because it's just plug and play, but the article says that Arch derivatives tend to be insecure because they're behind the curve on updates.

I'd rather not use an American distro but all the instructions for installing software are usually for Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora, or Arch.

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