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Is the Trinity Desktop Environment Secure? (www.trinitydesktop.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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So, a while back I installed Xfce with Chicago95, but was disappointed. Xfce just doesn't vibe with me, and a strict emulation of Windows95 is not really what I wanted, I just wanted something that "felt" that classic.

So I was gonna give up and just use KDE, until I saw TDE. I think TDE is probably what I'm looking for but I'm concerned about using anything so minor because security.

It TDE secure (for personal use)?

Can a DE even be insecure, or are they all generally as secure as each-other as long as you follow the rules (trustworthy software, closed firewall, install patches fast, and disaster recovery plans)?

What vulnerabilities can a desktop environment even have (edit)?

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[–] Sina@beehaw.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Probably not significantly less secure than Xorg itself, I wouldn't mind using in your place. DE security is usually not a huge problem, if someone can exploit these vulnerabilities usually you are quite bonked.

Remember most of what happens on screen is xorg, the wm is a simply interacting with xorg and other parts of your DE are simple user level programs like the panel etc..

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

What kind of threats could affect Xorg? I can't imagine anything really exploiting the display manager without arbitrary code execution elsewhere (not that I know anything at all about software security).

I guess the biggest risk is whichever browser I use becoming a Wayland exclusive and not getting updates.