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Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system

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441 points ploggingdev | 2 comments | 19 Nov 17 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.465s | source
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bsdnoob ◴[19 Nov 17 17:16 UTC] No.15734734[source]▶
openbsd vs qubes os, which one will you prefer?
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JoachimSchipper ◴[19 Nov 17 17:26 UTC] No.15734798[source]▶
As an OpenBSD fan: consider Qubes instead if you want a "desktop" experience. OpenBSD works fine, but the open-source desktop is quite vulnerable (consider how many things need to go wrong for https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.nl/2016/12/redux-comprom...), and a lot of OpenBSD's hardening is in the (simpler) base system, not in GNOME / KDE / Firefox / Chrome / ...

Alternatively, consider not running a full-blown desktop or using Windows, which has grown a lot more secure since the Windows XP pre-SP2 days.

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1. rebuilder ◴[19 Nov 17 22:09 UTC] No.15736224[source]▶
Wow, your recommendation for desktop security is either not running a full-blown desktop or running Windows? As in, Windows beats the popular Linux distros in desktop security?
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2. ◴[20 Nov 17 04:13 UTC] No.15737738[source]▶