Debian - Fedora Silverblue - EndeavourOS

On my Laptop I wanted to validate my way and installed different Linux philosophies. Tried office, documentation tools and AI Tools like ollama and goose.

Debian felt solid and secure. A hardened setup with full-disk encryption worked well.

For servers Debian is fantastic – stable, trustworthy, predictable. Use and used it in different ways for the home servers.

But on my laptop I wanted more modern packages and rolling updates. AppArmor and Firejail I only touched briefly, still need to learn them properly.

Silverblue impressed me with its immutable concept. Very clean separation of base system and apps. Security feels strong with a professional/commercial team behind it. Fedora is still community-driven at its core, but the long-term influence of IBM/Red Hat inevitably shapes priorities and creates a certain corporate gravity?

For a stable workstation it is excellent. But I noticed limitations when tools need deep hardware access, like AI models.

Now I am testing EndeavourOS. Pacman and Flatpak work great, I avoid AUR for safety. Installed with full-disk encryption and Gnome. Hardening is not complete yet, I am considering to dive deeper into AppArmor or Firejail. As an alternative, Toolbox could be a good way for safe experimentation – something I liked from Silverblue and that can also fit well into my Endeavour workflow.

It feels alive and authentic, because it is completely community driven. Rolling release gives me flexibility and the newest tools. For me as a tech enthusiast this fits best on my laptop.

What are your experiences and your thoughts? What hardenings do you recommend?

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