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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-hardened] Profile switch: hardened to non-hardened?
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> I've been able to do so; basically I switched over to the standard profile,
> disabled selinux in the kernel, and re-emerged system for new use flags.
> There were some other details but overall the process was pretty painless,
> anyone ambitious enough to configure a hardened system can probably handle
> the switch without much problem. Not that I'm encouraging you to drop
> hardened (especially on a laptop that could be exposed to random wifi
> networks ;-)

I'd love to keep it hardened but I want to install programs like
skype, miro, and mplayer that don't seem to compile under a hardened
profile.

- Grant

>> Can I switch my laptop's profile from a hardened one to a non-hardened
>> one?  I thought this was impossible without a complete reinstall but
>> folks on the gentoo-user list seem to think it's not a problem.
>>
>> - Grant