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This post tries to consolidate information available across multiple websites on the topic of securing a Mastodon server. (Where available, I linked to archive.org’s wayback-machine for long-term access.)

This post documents my testing results for the Linux distro Elementary OS. I performed the same testing on the following distros:

• [13 points] Linux Mint (results)
• [12 points] Manjaro (results)
• [12 points] Ubuntu (results)
• [10 points] MX Linux (results)
• [10 points] Garuda Linux (results)
• [9 points] Pop!_OS (results)
• [9 points] Endeavour OS (results)

The results are based on the methodology described here:

Linux Desktop Security Review

Elementary collected 13 out of 18 possible points – A great score for a UX focused distro.

This post documents my testing results for the Linux distro Garuda Linux. I performed the same testing on the following distros:

• [13 points] Elementary OS (results)
• [13 points] Linux Mint (results)
• [12 points] Manjaro (results)
• [12 points] Ubuntu (results)
• [10 points] MX Linux (results)
• [9 points] Pop!_OS (results)
• [9 points] Endeavour OS (results)

The results are based on the methodology described here:

Linux Desktop Security Review

Garuda collected 10 out of 18 possible points – A good score for a UX focused distro.

This post documents my testing results for the Desktop version of the Linux distro Ubuntu. I performed the same testing on the following distros:

• [13 points] Elementary OS (results)
• [13 points] Linux Mint (results)
• [12 points] Manjaro (results)
• [10 points] MX Linux (results)
• [10 points] Garuda Linux (results)
• [9 points] Pop!_OS (results)
• [9 points] Endeavour OS (results)

The results are based on the methodology described here:

Linux Desktop Security Review

Ubuntu collected 12 out of 18 possible points – A score that shows its maturity.

This post documents my testing results for the Desktop Linux distro Pop!_OS. I performed the same testing on the following distros:

• [13 points] Elementary OS (results)
• [13 points] Linux Mint (results)
• [12 points] Ubuntu (results)
• [12 points] Manjaro (results)
• [10 points] MX Linux (results)
• [10 points] Garuda Linux (results)
• [9 points] Endeavour OS (results)

The results are based on the methodology described here:

Linux Desktop Security Review

Pop!_OS collected 9 out of 18 possible points – An OK balance between user experience and security.

This post documents my testing results for the Desktop Linux distro Linux Mint. I performed the same testing on the following distros:

• [13 points] Elementary OS (results)
• [12 points] Ubuntu (results)
• [12 points] Manjaro (results)
• [10 points] MX Linux (results)
• [10 points] Garuda Linux (results)
• [9 points] Endeavour OS (results)
• [9 points] Pop!_OS (results)

The results are based on the methodology described here:

Linux Desktop Security Review

Linux Mint collected 13 out of 18 possible points – A very good result that shows the high level of maturity of this nicely polished distribution.

This post documents my testing results for the Desktop Linux distro Manjaro. I performed the same testing on the following distros:

• [13 points] Elementary OS (results)
• [13 points] Linux Mint (results)
• [12 points] Ubuntu (results)
• [10 points] MX Linux (results)
• [10 points] Garuda Linux (results)
• [9 points] Endeavour OS (results)
• [9 points] Pop!_OS (results)

The results are based on the methodology described here:

Linux Desktop Security Review

Manjaro collected 12 out of 18 possible points – A pretty good result for a distro that is focused on user experience.

This post documents my testing results for the Desktop Linux distro EndeavourOS. I performed the same testing on the following distros:

• [13 points] Elementary OS (results)
• [13 points] Linux Mint (results)
• [12 points] Ubuntu (results)
• [12 points] Manjaro (results)
• [10 points] MX Linux (results)
• [10 points] Garuda Linux (results)
• [9 points] Pop!_OS (results)

The results are based on the methodology described here:

Linux Desktop Security Review

EndeavourOS collected 9 out of 18 possible points – An OK balance between UX and Security.

This post documents my testing results for the Desktop Linux distro MX Linux. I performed the same testing on the following distros:

• [13 points] Elementary OS (results)
• [13 points] Linux Mint (results)
• [12 points] Ubuntu (results)
• [12 points] Manjaro (results)
• [10 points] Garuda Linux (results)
• [9 points] EndeavourOS (results)
• [9 points] Pop!_OS (results)

The results are based on the methodology described here:

Linux Desktop Security Review

MX Linux collected 10 out of 18 possible points – A good balance between UX and Security.