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this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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Because you can compile parts out of many programs and suites; you can also change dependencies, such as never including audio support or MP3 libs for anything. Sure it means no sound but if you're on a system without speakers then it's no real loss and you've reduced your attack surface.
Go through this https://www.gentoo.org/support/security/
Most people have some compilation tools installed on a binary based Linux, the tool chain yes would increase the surface too but being able to entirely remove specific parts of the os or say kernel code that is entirely unused reduces your surface. You can't expoilt code that isn't there.