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Server security is not completely same as desktop one, Linux kernel is spaghetti code with very large attack surface, only reason it's not exploited more is Linux Desktop is not as lucrative target as Windows, Proper sandboxing doesn't exist and is half assed, Qubes is the only one properly doing sandboxing on Linux
OpenBSD and Qubes seems best solution so far but neither are ideal
Qubes doesn't address Linux's security problems it just sandbox/virtualize them and it requires beefy hardware
Fedora Silver Blue doesn't do anything special really it's your normal linux distro just immutable and relies on flatpaks (On another note Flatpaks sandbox are easy to break and most programs don't use it properly)
You already said that openbsd has pros and cons. I'm not sure how you get to the conclusion that it's better overall than linux at the same timr as stating that it's behind linux.
https://lemmy.ml/comment/10078459
This is the comment. There was a duplicate which is why I deleted it. Somehow you answered to the one I deleted.
Anyway, I was refering to secure blue, not silverblue.
Your criticism about flatpak implies that the user installs the malicious app in the first place. Just don't. As dumb as it sounds but the user can be the best antimalware shield. Just don't install crap. Facebook is tracking you? Don't install it. Look at xz, and how well it was detected and how quickly everything was fixed. Don't install unknown software. Use trusted sources. Listen to other people. Flatpak is in a good path. I'm not sure why criticing it leads to abandoning instead of improving it.
I am not native English speaker so sorry for misunderstandment
I didn't say it's overall better
I said even though on base level OpenBSD is much more clean and secure than Linux it lacks or lags behind Linux in adding mitigations for security vulnerabilities
And there are far less eyes on OpenBSD so many vulnerabilities don't get discovered in first place
Any software can be malicious even essential ones just look at recent Xz vulnerability (And it was discovered by sheer chance), OS should have systems in place like proper sandboxing, permissions (Not half baked one like flatpak) ...