On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 12:12 AM, Ста Деюс <sthu.d...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > Hi. > > I'm new to Gentoo, and before new installation on my PC, keep trying to > choose between system profiles. I want to use the PC as desktop, but am > concerned on security and minimalism. So, I would like to use the > hardened profile and then add the desktop packages, namely openbox w/o > any X-session managers -- just logging in w/ text console and then > startx. > > So, is my setup wise, or i miss something because do not know something > on the distro. regarding this points of installation? > > Thank you for your time, > Sthu. >
You should select the hardened profile and then install the desktop related packages you want manually. Everything should work by default. If you want to use SELinux, the default policies available assume you are using a login manager. On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 12:21 AM, Ian Bloss <ianlin...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you want to go with the hardened sources, there's a great wiki article on > it. > I think his question is mostly about how he should approach installing everything: start with a desktop-based system and then harden it, or set up a hardened system and then install the desktop programs. The Gentoo project doesn't actually support doing the former. The latter is far easier. R0b0t1.
