Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops

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Bor v0.8.0 adds three new policy types: Thunderbird, Microsoft Edge for Business, and Firewalld zones.
The Thunderbird policy type allows managing Mozilla Thunderbird on enrolled desktops similar to Firefox ESR, with tamper protection.
The Microsoft Edge for Business policy type manages Edge on Linux by writing/removing a managed JSON file, with a tree-based editor in the web UI.
The Firewalld zone policy type manages firewalld zones on enrolled nodes, including services, ports, rules, and tamper protection.
Polkit rules now support variable conditions via action.lookup() and multiple action IDs are correctly joined with ||.
User and role administration uses per-action RBAC for finer-grained delegation.
The web UI has been overhauled: URL routing, full-page policy editor, safety rails, scalable lists, destructive-action protection, and WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility.
Policy catalogues (Firefox, Thunderbird, Chrome, Edge) are now proto-driven from protobuf annotations.
Security hardening includes strict mTLS binding, TOTP secret migration, SSRF protection, audit log CSV guard, no admin password in logs, auto TLS certificate regeneration, and resolved Dependabot alerts.
Platform updates: React 19.2, react-router 8.3, TypeScript typecheck in CI, dependency bumps including gRPC 1.82.1.
Upgrade notes: agents must be v0.8.0 for new policy types; protobuf schema changes; Node.js 22.22+ required for frontend dev.
Packages available for multiple Linux distributions and architectures.

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