Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
0warn against
Apr 11, 2026first mention
Sep 15, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forhardeningaccess control for dev machines

Why people recommend it

“I was worried about SELinux but find Fedoras defaults just fine and intuitive.”

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“Selinux does the rest and we encourage devs to write policies for their applications.”

works on a team managing developer machineson “Ask HN: Has anyone reconsidered Antivirus software a…”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

Who recommends it in their own words

All comments 3

“I was worried about SELinux but find Fedoras defaults just fine and intuitive.”

“Selinux does the rest and we encourage devs to write policies for their applications.”

works on a team managing developer machineson “Ask HN: Has anyone reconsidered Antivirus software a…”

Threads where it came up

Data: selinux.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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