Bazzite has a very simple process for installing software that isn’t on Flatpak: You spin up a virtual machine running a better distro and install it there

  • Günther Unlustig 🍄@slrpnk.net
    20·
    3 months ago

    You don’t run a VM for everything with Bazzite, Distrobox is more like Flatpak or WSL in that regard.

    It also isn’t much more secure, it’s just that everything is a bit more contained and comes with their own dependencies.

    • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      Eh, it’s fedora under the hood with SELinux enabled, and immutable, better than most security wise, I didn’t say much more.

      • Günther Unlustig 🍄@slrpnk.net
        4·
        3 months ago

        I replied to @[email protected] and understood the question like “Is distrobox as secure as QubesOS?”, which I replied with “No”.

        I’d say Fedora Atomic is definitely a bit more secure than other distros (e.g. Ubuntu, regular Fedora, etc.) for reasons you mentioned, but if you are a user that thinks that only Qubes offers the security you need, than there’s no alternative.

        I can recommend you Secureblue tho as a good middle ground.
        It’s Fedora Atomic, but hardened, a bit like GrapheneOS. Still viable for comfortable everyday use, but much more secure.

        • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          I replied to @[email protected] and understood the question like “Is distrobox as secure as QubesOS?”, which I replied with “No”.

          Ahh, fair cop. Good point on Secureblue, but my threat model doesn’t take me there.