[completed] Working on a project and a survey about GNU/Linux security. Survey results in post.
~~i have created a short questionnaire, regarding how GNU/Linux users secure their system. if you are somewhat knowledgeful on this topic and willing to share, i would appreciate if you would fill out my questionnaire~~
okay, so, my research is finished. here are the results:
The "other" distributions include: NixOS (8x), Gentoo (4x), Slackware (1x), Void Linux (1x) or a combination of multiple distributions
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in reply to seal51890 • • •Question 2 confuses me.
My system checks daily for updates and notifies me, but doesn't automatically update. Is this "other," or "yes"? Is the "no" option meant to say "automatic update[ check]s are disabled"? Or am I misunderstanding what an update check is?
pogodem0n
in reply to seal51890 • • •The Bard in Green
in reply to seal51890 • • •I was like "Which of the 6 systems I use on a daily basis do I answer these questions for?"
And like...
... show moreI was like "Which of the 6 systems I use on a daily basis do I answer these questions for?"
And like... when I took the survey, I answered "yes" to having a firewall, even though I don't run one locally on any of PCs (except the laptop, when it's booted into Qubes because duh). BUT all of these are behind an OpenWRT router that DOES run a firewall, which I've spent a bunch of time messing with and customizing to get it working the way I want and put in personalized rules for the various systems. Which my wife and son LOVE ("Dad, the internet's down again!").
Sturgist
in reply to The Bard in Green • • •Which one wins? Is pistols at dawn? I have so many questions!
The Bard in Green
in reply to Sturgist • • •seal51890
in reply to seal51890 • • •The wording on question 2 and 3 might have been too confusing, sorry for that.
Omega
in reply to seal51890 • • •devilish666
in reply to Omega • • •I just wait until it show much more update, so......usually i waited 3 month max
Omega
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in reply to Omega • • •Omega
in reply to devilish666 • • •beleza pura
in reply to Omega • • •Omega
in reply to beleza pura • • •I don't wanna restart, and I don't really care enough
I update when I think I have nothing else to do or when it's important enough (new Nvidia drivers, a remote execution patch, new gnome update)
beleza pura
in reply to Omega • • •Omega
in reply to beleza pura • • •comfy
in reply to seal51890 • • •When was this questionnaire posted? I didn't see it and get a chance to answer.
Also, I treat servers different to desktops due to different threat models. The server automatically applies security updates and keeps most feature updates sitting for a while for stability, but on desktop I just install everything within a couple of days.
monovergent
in reply to seal51890 • • •It's nice getting a glimpse as to what fraction of Linux users are using disk encryption. Full disk encryption is becoming the default on mainstream OSes, but not in most of the Linux installers I've encountered. Always made me curious just how many people went out of their way to encrypt their Linux install.
I personally encrypt everything except for VMs already in an encrypted device or USB drives that need to work with non-Linux machines. It'd be interesting to hear what other people's reasons to encrypt their disks or not are.