Distribution quotes of the week

Alas, the resulting distribution is still hopelessly compromised by the NSA, who might be even worse than Lennart Poettering. To see how deep the tendrils of US government infiltration go, just try removing libselinux1, and marvel at how much concerted malevolent effort has gone into destroying your freedom.

Unfortunately cryptography is [as] strong as the weakest link, and in the WoT [web of trust] the weakest link is weaker than not having the key signed at all because a signature that doesn't exist doesn't introduce noise. Debian tries to get around this by insisting your key is signed by somebody it does "know" (ie, DD). Sadly, not all DD's are complete pains in the arse, and Debian security ends up being as weak as the weakest of them.

Makulu is, in my opinion, an unusual creation. It is a distribution which bucks current trends in visual themes, in default applications and in focus. It is a platform that is both fairly stable (thanks to its Debian base) and experimental. I am a little surprised a 64-bit build is not available, but for now a 32-bit build with PAE will probably suit the needs of most people. Makulu is, in my opinion, worth trying just because it is marching to the beat of its own drum and doing a pretty good job of being a general purpose desktop operating system too.