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minus-squarerotopenguin@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 hours agoFor such a “stripped down” OS to fit in a 5GB / partition, it is very funny that they included printing but just left it turned off.
minus-squaresoulsource@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·39 minutes ago5 GiB is plenty of space for a Linux root filesystem, at least if you move all writeable parts (logs, temporary files, etc.) to different filesystems. Unless you want to install LaTeX, then you probably need 15 GiB or so. However, CUPS has had a fair share of security issues (for instance https://www.evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Attacking-UNIX-systems-via-CUPS-Part-I/), so it is probably a good idea to have it disabled by default, unless the user needs printer support.
For such a “stripped down” OS to fit in a 5GB / partition, it is very funny that they included printing but just left it turned off.
5 GiB is plenty of space for a Linux root filesystem, at least if you move all writeable parts (logs, temporary files, etc.) to different filesystems. Unless you want to install LaTeX, then you probably need 15 GiB or so.
However, CUPS has had a fair share of security issues (for instance https://www.evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Attacking-UNIX-systems-via-CUPS-Part-I/), so it is probably a good idea to have it disabled by default, unless the user needs printer support.