On Mon 23/Feb/2026 12:28:38 +0100 altoid via Dng wrote:
> I*do not* appreciate that my Linux (Devuan) installation runs EVM,
> SELinux, AppArmor and whatever other "security" application the
> packager (or whoever decides) fancies without my knowledge, approval
> or possibility of effectively opting out.


Agreed, there should be a simple way to answer 'No' to a question like "Do you want AppArmor?"

I did uninstall apparmor.  However, now, after some dist-upgrades I still have it:
+++-==============-============-============-======================================
ii  apparmor       4.1.0-1      amd64        user-space parser utility for AppArmor

What seems to stay is setting /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="apparmor=0"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="apparmor=0"


In fact I have it twice:

root@pcale:~# cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.73+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=bee80f86-f51e-48ee-a8a1-2bca43cad210 ro apparmor=0 apparmor=0


Best
Ale
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