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Re:How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home by deknos on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @06:45AM (#25057556)
yeah, that's a good thing. because i do not need always dev-files or documentation or debug symbols on my machine.

all people are always about "slim systems" and alpine. but when debian does real engineering, then everybody complains it's complicated. that is a little bit annoying.

yes, debian is complex, but it's for a reason, since there are many requirements.

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Re:How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home by corty on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @09:38AM (#25058740)
Also, removing -dev packages and compilers is one of the usual hardening steps, to make it harder for an attacker to establish a foothold and build tools.
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Re:How to get root on Ubuntu 20.04 by pretending nobody’s /home by dralley on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @05:24PM (#25063729)
No, that's not what I mean. Most distributions do things like splitting dev-files and debug symbols and documenation.

What I mean is taking one piece of software and splitting it apart into many libraries or binaries in a way that the upstream developer did not originally intend.

See some of the other responses.

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