Hardened operating system images based on Fedora Atomic Desktop and Fedora CoreOS

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26453685

Not many people have heard about secureblue, and I want to spread the word about it. secureblue provides hardened images for Fedora Atomic and CoreOS. It’s an operating system “for those whose first priority is using linux, and second priority is security.”

secureblue provides exploit mitigations and fixes for multiple security holes. This includes the addition of GrapheneOS’s hardened_malloc, their own hardened Chromium-based browser called Trivalent, USBGuard to protect against USB peripheral attacks, and plenty more.

secureblue has definitely matured a lot since I first started using it. Since then, it has become something that could reasonably be used as a daily driver. secureblue recognizes the need for usability alongside security.

If you already have Fedora Atomic (e.g. Secureblue, Kinoite, Sericea, etc.) or CoreOS installed on your system, you can easily rebase to secureblue. The install instructions are really easy to follow, and I had no issues installing it on any of my devices.

I’d love more people to know about secureblue, because it is fantastic if you want a secure desktop OS!

  • jamesbunagna@discuss.online
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    24 hours ago

    So, in the end, it sounds that is better to use Secureblue as it is

    It ultimately depends on what you wish out of your system. For a general use system, I can’t fathom myself preferring Bazzite over secureblue; simply for how secureblue’s superior security comforts me. However, Bazzite would definitely be preferred on a HTPC/“game-console” device. Ultimately, it depends on what you wish out of your system. As we are talking on /c/privacy, secureblue is definitely the preferred system within that context.

    FWIW, secureblue has also (very recently) been approved by Privacy Guides. They’ve yet to update their recommendations page, though. It will likely be mentioned alongside Kicksecure.

    since it seems to support quite a lot of the things that Bazzite does. Am I following this right?

    Close enough. Usability-wise, it’s pretty smooth sailing after first setup. There are some minor things like how Waydroid works on Bazzite, but doesn’t on secureblue (at least, it didn’t when I tried it the last time). But, aside from those, it’s definitely a very viable daily driver. Just ensure to do a thorough read of their FAQ and Articles.