usability, popularity vs security, Freedom Software purism

[Patrick]

usability, popularity vs security, Freedom Software purism is a decision on a spectrum. I don’t see much point to debate project-philosophy.

It doesn’t come to surprise that some existing and/or advanced users capable to adjust to these usability issues will argue for their benefit.

law of triviality / bikeshed applies. More weight will be given to contributors and developers.

@xariv

There is no mechanism in Whonix to whitelist applications (exists in Qubes).

What mechanism are you referring to?

@xariv

Tor Browser within Whonix includes the lowest safety level possible by default.

Frequently Asked Questions - Whonix FAQ

@xariv

Many already discussed by developers with decisions made to keep the current state as it is.

Indeed.

@xariv

A partial list:

A list is good to have. It allows to:

• a) contribute source code that implements (a) build parameter(s) applying these settings by default
• b) justify a software fork of Whonix

@Patrick

I would hope that those who prefer approach A) , those who prefer security / Freedom Software purism, security maximalists can still benefit from the Whonix project (documentation, research, source code, discussion) and encourage them to software fork Whonix. Existence of different views on project-philosophy is to be expected. Wikipedia writes:

Almost six hundred Linux distributions exist, with close to five hundred out of those in active development. five hundred out of those in active development.

The great thing about Freedom Software is that it encourages cooperation.