I first used Linux about 5 years ago (Ubuntu). Since then, I have tried quite a few distros:
Kali Linux (Use as a secondary)
Linux Mint (Used for a while)
Arch Linux (Could not install)
Tails (Use this often)
Qubes OS (Tried it twice, not ready yet)
Fedora (Current main)
For me, it has been incredibly difficult to find a properly privacy oriented Linux distro that also has ease of use. I really enjoy the GNOME desktop environment, and I am most familiar with Debian. My issue with Fedora is the lack of proper sandboxing, and it seems as though Qubes is the only one that really takes care in sandboxing apps.
Apologies if this is the wrong community for this question, I would be happy to move this post somewhere else. I’ve been anonymously viewing this community after the Rexodus, but this is my first time actually creating a post. Thank you!
UPDATE:
Thank you all so much for your feedback! The top recommended distro by far was SecureBlue, an atomic distro, so I will be trying that one. If that doesn’t work, I may try other atomic distros such as Fedora Atomic or Fedora Silverblue (I may have made an error in my understanding of those two, please correct my if I did!). EndeavourOS was also highly recommended, so if I’m not a fan of atomic distros I will be using that. To @[email protected], your suggestion for Linux Mint Debian Edition with GNOME sounds like a dream, so I may use it as a secondary for my laptop. Thank you all again for your help and support, and I hope this helps someone else too!
Fedora Silverblue uses flatpaks for most apps by default. The exception is Firefox because the codes haven’t been sandboxed yet, but they are working on it. If you don’t need to play videos in Firefox, there is a flatpak available.
I realize Firefox is probably the biggest thing that really should be sandboxed, its why I haven’t switched to Silverblue yet.
You can use BubbleJail or FireJail for sandboxing FireFox.
The Firefox official flatpak on flathub plays videos fine. It can even use vaapi if you install that.
Interesting, I wonder why Silverblue hasn’t switched yet. Or maybe the documentation is out of date.
Bundling it means Firefox is guaranteed to be there on a default install, so you can look up documentation and get online or pass through a captive portal. Fedora also tends to prefer their own flatpak repository over flathub although that might be changing.
Can’t you containerise Firefox with something like AppArmor instead?
I recently switched to Mullvad Browser from Librewolf (both are Firefox based), do those still fall under the same conditions?
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“deleted by creator” is the most poetic phrase I have ever heard. /s
None of these fall under those conditions, idk where he got that info from. I’ve been using the LibreWolf Flatpak for months now and everything works just fine, including playing videos.
It’s in the Silverblue FAQ: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/faq/#_how_can_i_play_more_videos_in_firefox_like_youtube
Admittedly, it does say you can use the flathub version.
That’s exactly what I said tho. What he said was that the version from flathub was the one that couldn’t play videos and that’s why OP should install it with the package manager, which isn’t true.