Administrative Circumlocution
Computer Operator and Hobbyist
Windows 10.
I hopped on the hate train pretty early, citing the forced updates as a gross disregard for a consumer’s right to control the software on their machine, and falling into some of the more conspiratorial traps, such as it randomly uninstalling software, and sending everything you type in clear text to Microsoft.The time has come, however, to cast aside all of the fear, uncertainty, and doubt and actually give the system in question a spin.
I log into my Fedora-based desktop today to a notification that updates are available. No big deal, just drop into a terminal and run `sudo dnf update,` right?
All goes well, until I get to here:
Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Segmentation fault Great. A segfault in the worst possible place.
I search around to no avail, so I decide to do some investigation on my own.
Since Ubuntu switched to systemd in 15.04, I started wondering what other things I could do to bring it more in line with the likes of Fedora.
First step, SELinux, the mandatory access control system developed by the NSA and employed predominantly by Red Hat and its derivatives. SELinux works by allowing only applications with predefined policies access to objects and files with the same context specified in the application’s policy.