> Here's some good advice: > > Don't do that. See below. > Oops! I have done it and I am happy so far !
That's a bit of a nonsensical line of thought, as what you think you > want doesn't really exist. > I think you misunderstood me! for example adding CPU specific flags is a good idea right? I meant something like that. For example is it wise to enable opengl flag globally ? is it helpful to do so? > > What do you recommend ? > > DO NOT SET "USE=-*" > As I said before I have done it and I totally recommend it to anyone interested to get a better understanding of user land. > Pick a profile that suits what you want to use the computer for. You have a desktop? Pick a suitable desktop profile. Don't pick a KDE > one unless oyu use KDE for instance (all that does is set some KDE flags > (like semantic-desktop or baloo or whatever they call it now) and force > some KDE packages to be merged. It doesn't change the underlying way > things work. > desktop profiles are very big for my taste. In fact I have been using KDE for about a year on the default (basic) profile. I have compiled the KDE with KDE profile and I have witnessed the differences with my own eyes. > I very much doubt you can "increase security" by picking some USE flags. > There is no > USE="open-me-up-to-the-world" > or > USE="rock-solid-nsa-proff-tight" > USE flags :-) > > So what security features do you need or want? > Figure that out and then set the system up to provide that. You will get > what you want. > > Well I know there is no USE flag like that! I am not that stupid but I remember that I have read somewhere(unfortunately I dont remember where) that disabling some use flags will degrade the security of system.
