Solus future

AISS

Now all Linux has a serious security hazard. Packages manager Do not comply with FOSS software,
Archlinux and manjaro official repositories have begun to promote closed source software, such as Opera Browser. This is a very dangerous behavior that does not open source.

If all softwares in Solus Packages Manager meet FOSS, I am willing to give up Arch Linux. Join to Solus

Solarmass

AISS If all softwares in Solus Packages Manager meet FOSS, I am willing to give up Arch Linux. Join to Solus

Probably Solus is also not for you. There is Vivaldi for example in the Solus repo. And Opera as well.

kyrios

AISS I don't see why Linux has a serious security hazard compared to other operating systems.
I don't understand the link between having a 100% FOSS repository and the future of Solus, we never ever had this objective. We are not FOSS fanatics, we are pragmatic. Not offering essential software like the proprietary drivers for the nvidia GPU for example is the best way to discourage users and having them running away from FOSS.

You should find what you are looking for is there.

brent

AISS Archlinux and manjaro official repositories have begun to promote closed source software, such as Opera Browser. This is a very dangerous behavior that does not open source.

I think when I walked away from windows my mindset swung like a pendulum towards the 'purity' of foss, like AISS here...

kyrios I don't understand the link between having a 100% FOSS repository and the future of Solus, we never ever had this objective. We are not FOSS fanatics, we are pragmatic.

Now I'm just like this^^^ because really, you got have some proprietary to operate. Proprietary in moderation for sure.

Brucehankins

Also closed source doesn't mean it automatically has security issues.

tomscharbach

kyrios We are not FOSS fanatics, we are pragmatic.

Good. Keep it that way.

kyrios I don't see why Linux has a serious security hazard compared to other operating systems.

It doesn't. Linux is reasonably secure, but the theory that open source software is inherently more secure than proprietary software because thousands of experts will examine the code and find the problems is not realized in actuality.

The Linux kernel gets a lot of scrutiny because Linux is used in servers, but otherwise, except for a few major applications like LibreOffice, applications don't get much scrutiny.

Solus, because packages are carefully curated, is probably more secure than most distros, which pack hundreds upon hundreds of half-baked applications into their repositories. Who is looking at all those packages for security vulnerabilities? In a lot of cases, nobody at all.

brent

tomscharbach Solus, because packages are carefully curated, is probably more secure than most distros, which pack hundreds upon hundreds of half-baked applications into their repositories. Who is looking at all those packages for security vulnerabilities? In a lot of cases, nobody at all.

Excellent assessment. What you said, that I quoted, should be a selling point for Solus, and also to all those choosing a distro imho.