It’s vega. So, how exactly should I proceed? Thank you so much for the help!

Oh wow. Thank you so much for that information! Much appreciated!

Hmm…, so I suppose both Rocky Linux and Alma Linux are out of consideration then. Which is definitely a pity considering Davinci Resolve. What would you suggest instead?

So what is the purpose of immutable distros?

Furthermore, my introductory reading would suggest some benefits:

• The read-only base system as well as the containerization might prove beneficial for stability.
• Furthermore, I would think that the read-only base system also contributes for eliminating some attack vectors.

And, with GrapheneOS’ endorsement of secureblue, I find it hard to believe that it doesn’t provide any benefits. But please feel free to enlighten me on this.

Though usability is probably a very legit concern, though. So perhaps not the brightest of ideas to start with as a first distro, but we’ll see.

So, if I understood you correctly, openSUSE does have weird customizations and does not give a stock experience. Right?

but the community is lacking, and the frequency of issues with updates and packages is way more than Fedora.

Interesting. The first part was something I was expecting, but the latter part actually surprised me.

I suppose that, if it came down to Fedora vs openSUSE, I’d just have to give it Fedora then.

Anyhow, any thoughts on non-atomic Fedora vs atomic Fedora?

You’re probably right. I just hoped to receive some valuable input. Thankfully, I did get some of that; so this wasn’t an exercise in vain.

Firstly tell what ur GPU that u wanna use it for davinci resolve

An Amd GPU from 7 years ago

secondly tell what ur threat model

I haven’t properly formalized my threat model yet. But assume that I want protection against any and all untargeted attacks.

tell what u want exactly to achieve

A general-use OS that I’d use to replace my Windows 10 installation. There’s a ton of software that I use and for which I have to find replacements (eventually), but Davinci Resolve is probably my biggest worry.

Thank you for your comment! It contains many gems to benefit from*

It will be simpler to harden their preferred distro than to take a hardened distro and make their software work on it.

This is what I found to be particularly curious. So, would you say that the (extra) security/hardening provided by the likes of Qubes OS and secureblue is trivial to apply elsewhere? If so, would you be so kind to give me some pointers? I did try to find it myself but failed. Perhaps I’m not using the correct search terms OR perhaps I don’t even know where to look.

I suggest checking their website and going with their top suggestion.

Excellent. Why didn’t I think of this before 😜 . Uhmm…, based on their instructions, I believe installing the Rocky Linux 8.6 image that they provide is the safe bet. Right?

Finally, I’m left with two questions:

• What does Rocky Linux’ absence from Privacy Guides list suggest? Would you happen to know how it’s (perhaps supposedly) tangibly worse than their picks?

Thank you. Could you perhaps substantiate it beyond an endorsement? Like, for a newb, I don’t see how it would be better than openSUSE beyond prioritizing the following:

• “Leading edge” (Fedora) vs rolling release (Tumbleweed) OR ‘stable’ (Leap)
• IBM (Fedora) vs SUSE (openSUSE) - (We might even choose to reframe this as US vs Germany/EU)

Like, for an outsider, the Fedora endorsement mostly just confirms that Fedora is the more popular option. But that doesn’t have to be on merit. If it is on merit, would you so kind to point this out? Especially security-wise*