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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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linux as business/ company pc? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am going to ask if I may use linux for work. We are using windows but there is nothing that couldn't be done on linux. Privately, I am mainly a fedora user but I'd be happy with any OS and DE or wm. What do I need to look out for when I suggest an OS? What does a computer/ linux/DE need in order to be ready for enterprise workstation? Will I only have a user and no sudo rights? May I install all flatpak apps? Does the admin have to be able to remote ssh?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Many orgs mandate this. You'll be fine.

I used to roll out mint xfce edition or Qubes to our staff laptops, unless an employee asked for a specific distro. I think some used fedora.

Don't use flatpak; its a security risk.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Why is flatpak a security risk? The applications run isolated and offer higher security, unless I'm missing something?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Because it doesn't verify the authenticity of code it downloads before it installs it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't think that that's true. At least not more than for any other community maintained packages.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Debain is community maintained packages and they've done signed manifests on all packages, required by default, since like 2002.

Flapak and snap are terribly insecure compared to standard distro package managers

[–] 0x0 0 points 4 months ago

What? No! Flatpak and Snap are the new trendy toys! How dare you criticize them!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Neither does dnf/apt/pacman. You are always at the mercy of the package maintainer(s).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Nope. Apt definitely cryptographiclly verifies the signatures of everything that it downloads. See man apt-secure

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'm aware, signing the package is not the same thing as signing the code. The application is built by the package maintainer(s) and then the resulting packages are signed.

Which is the same thing that Flatpak does. Both depend on the trust for the repo owner and the package maintainer.