Tumbleweed Adopts SELinux as Default
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Tumbleweed has adopted SELinux as the default Linux Security Module (LSM) for new installations after a recent snapshot. The transition was announced on the ...
  • @[email protected]
    8•7 days ago

    Great decision! Not only does this make Tumbleweed match MicroOS better, but also the RHEL-based distros. SELinux is not super obvious to use, of course, but I’ve never understood how AppArmor works.

  • @beirdobaggins
    3•6 days ago

    I thought they got rid of the iguana mascot.

    I guess they realized that it was the best thing about their brand.

    • @[email protected]
      6•6 days ago

      Yeah. I’m confident in this change thanks to my equal discomfort configuring either SELinux or whatever OpenSUSE has. Hooray!

      But joking aside, this sounds like a good thing and I appreciate all the folks who do understand that stuff and have worked hard on it.

      • @[email protected]
        7•6 days ago

        Until it starts breaking, like it did for me upgrading from Fedora 39 to 40 for example.

        Or until you try to bind mount a volume of a container and need to use z or Z flags.