Which kernel package do you use? Explain in the comments, why.

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  • svntogit-packages

    Discontinued Automatic import of svn 'packages' repo (read-only mirror)

  • It is currently up to date, but that's not the norm. You need to look at the update history to get the bigger picture. There was no 5.13 hardened kernel until 5.13.13, for example. The mainline updates that you admit lag behind always contain security fixes too.

  • linux-hardened

    Minimal supplement to upstream Kernel Self Protection Project changes. Features already provided by SELinux + Yama and archs other than multiarch arm64 / x86_64 aren't in scope. Only tags have stable history. Shared IRC channel with KSPP: irc.libera.chat #linux-hardening

  • The patches come from https://github.com/anthraxx/linux-hardened/ but I'm very appreciative for all the pre-packaged effort, validation, bug-checking etc.

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  • kernel-hardening-checker

    A tool for checking the security hardening options of the Linux kernel

  • I want to point out I like this script to run some additional security confirmation checks on the kernel (pretty advanced, you need to know what stuff is, your brain needs to be on) https://github.com/a13xp0p0v/kconfig-hardened-check/

  • checksec.sh

    Checksec.sh

  • I also want to point out the checksec script for your confirming security on your userspace binaries - https://github.com/slimm609/checksec.sh (look for violations marked in red)

  • droid-native

    Next Generation Android x86 Desktop - Anbox, Lineage, WayDroid, BlissOS, Dock-Droid

  • Anbox is now proprietary, Anbox-cloud.io, check out WayDroid and to install the kernel properly use the first part of: https://github.com/sickcodes/droid-native

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