Re: [gentoo-user] Choosing between system profiles: hardened and desktop for desktop installation.

[Ian Bloss]

If you want to go with the hardened sources, there's a great wiki article
on it.

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017, 10:20 PM Ian Bloss <ianlinkcd@×××××.com> wrote:

> You should use the hardened profile with the harden sources. On terms with
> security you could compile a hardened kernel but you sacrifice ease of use
> by having to manage pax and if you choose an RBAC system like SElinux or
> grsecuritys adds more burden.
>
> Security isn't a product, so I would recommend sticking with regular
> profile with stable packages, and be mindful of what you have opened up to
> the internet. I would also recommend just reading up on linux security in
> general to understand what you're trying to make yourself more secure to.
>
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017, 10:13 PM Ста Деюс <sthu.deus@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I'm new to Gentoo, and before new installation on my PC, keep trying to
>> choose between system profiles. I want to use the PC as desktop, but am
>> concerned on security and minimalism. So, I would like to use the
>> hardened profile and then add the desktop packages, namely openbox w/o
>> any X-session managers -- just logging in w/ text console and then
>> startx.
>>
>> So, is my setup wise, or i miss something because do not know something
>> on the distro. regarding this points of installation?
>>
>> Thank you for your time,
>> Sthu.
>>
>>