Spectrum OS Discussion

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Spectrum OS discussion

Hi all, I recently learned of Spectrum OS from this tweet: https://twitter.com/pavolrusnak/status/1327943049842921472 Quick summary from the developer, Alyssa Ross: a NixOS distribution focused around security through compartmentalisation in the style of Qubes OS, but with the diversity of hardware support and ease of maintenance afforded by the Linux kernel and Nix. On the motivation page, there’s a discussion of Qubes: Existing implementations of security by compartmentalization Qube…

Docker vs. QubesOS

I’m going to be a bit of an annoying noob, I read this article about how QubesOS stacks up against VM, however it does not address Docker containers (though it does address older types of containers). If we are to disregard the insecurity of the underlying OS, docker containers do seem to have some advantages over traditional VMs: they are lighter weight, and they seem more secure. It is built into docker that it is suppose to be very difficult to “escape” a docker container. In addition you can…