LINUX

**crackerjack101** · 15-10-2016, 07:16 PM

Butters, go away.

you're not wanted.

you're not interesting.

you're useless.

FUCK OFF>\

Please

**Dragonfly** · 15-10-2016, 07:23 PM

I understand the truth hurts old man,

but in 1 month time, you will have forget about your little Linux project and got back on Win7 for your routine daily wank

I am doing you a favor by telling you exactly what you will find out after your first install of Linux

**Dragonfly** · 15-10-2016, 07:29 PM

see I am a Linux Pro, and I only use it for certain purposes, I still do my daily wank on WinXP

I first tried Linux in 1995, and loved it because it could do shit other OS couldn't do back then for free

this is not the same world, and an iPad is just fine for 99.99% of the population

**crackerjack101** · 15-10-2016, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

I understand the truth hurts old man,

but in 1 month time, you will have forget about your little Linux project and got back on Win7 for your routine daily wank

I am doing you a favor by telling you exactly what you will find out after your first install of Linux

I know English isn't your first language but what don't you understand from the two simple words;

GO AWAY.

**Dragonfly** · 15-10-2016, 07:34 PM

why ? I am giving you worthwhile advice, truthful advice

you sound like fluke, asking for advice that you will never follow anyhow

you will install Linux on a laptop and forget all about it 2 weeks later

**crackerjack101** · 15-10-2016, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

I am giving you worthwhile advice,

Nope.

Go away.

**Dragonfly** · 15-10-2016, 07:47 PM

see now you are trying to be fluke and ignore my advice,

but you will thank me soon enough,

YOU HAVE NO WORTHWHLE REASON TO INSTALL LINUX

learn how to paint if you want to learn something new, much more interesting

I am taking painting myself as a hobby, and it's great

what do you think ? Should I open a thread about it ?

**crackerjack101** · 15-10-2016, 08:38 PM

Oh FFS go away.

**fred flintstone** · 15-10-2016, 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by crackerjack101

Is it worth having?
What are the pros and cons?

Yes, it's worth having. It uses alot less memory than Windows, you don't get all the added snooping around like you get with Windows. Biggest reason though it's safer, almost zero worry about malware so safer for porn sites and doing your banking. If you use Mint, it's pretty easy to get used to if you've been using Windows.

Only downside is installing new stuff. It's not hard but it takes some googling and a lil time to figure it out.

Best thing to do is make a Linux pen drive and run it from that before going to the trouble of fully installing it. It's all free and nothing to lose in trying it out.

**Topper** · 15-10-2016, 08:39 PM

CJ,

I've used Solaris (Unix) and Linux/Ubuntu since the late 1980s. It's still what most servers run today.

If you don't need to do fancy shit using MS Office or play games other than online games then I can't recommend Ubuntu enough.

It just works. No viruses, no real messing about once everything is set up. I have it on all of my computers along side of Windows (in case I need to do stuff for work using MS Office).

Since I'm guessing 90% of your computer use is surfing the net, downloading goat porn and answering emails, it's absolutely perfect for ya.

Get Noon to show it to you and give it a test whorl.

**crackerjack101** · 15-10-2016, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Since I'm guessing 90% of your computer use is surfing the net, downloading goat porn and answering emails, it's absolutely perfect for ya.

Get Noon to show it to you and give it a test whorl.

Job done. We'll give it a "whorl".

Cheers folks.

Except of course the inimitable Butters who's just a complete waste of flatulent space.

pip pip

**fred flintstone** · 15-10-2016, 08:43 PM

And no Windows updates to fek around with either.

**Begbie** · 15-10-2016, 09:15 PM

Google is your friend

Linux threats by the numbers

The number of “in the wild” threats for Linux-based operating systems is still way lower than threats for Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X.

However, the threats are real. For example, Linux-based web servers are constantly under attack. Just to give you some numbers – at SophosLabs we were seeing an average of 16,000-24,000 compromised websites a day in 2013.

The numbers don’t look any better today: during the first week of March 2015, we added detection for almost 190,000 new malicious URLs. Of these new malicious URLs, the number of unique malicious domains was over 70,000.

This means that, on average, we were recording around 27,000 new malicious URLs per day and over 10,000 malicious domains per day.

Canonical, which is one of the most security-aware Linux companies, is also keeping a (not so up-to-date) list of Linux malware: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Linuxvirus

Improve your Linux security posture

Most Linux distros come with some advanced security tools (although most of them are often pretty hard to configure – in other words, prone to misconfiguration).

So, if you are a tech-savvy Linux user, you should at least look at the basic security guidelines of your Linux distro.

Ubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BasicSecurity
openSUSE: https://activedoc.opensuse.org/book/...security-guide
Fedora: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SecurityBasics
Arch: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/security
CentOS: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/OS_Protection
Sabayon: https://wiki.sabayon.org/?title=En:Security

I’ll be offering some security tips to protect your Linux desktops and servers in another blog post in the coming days – so make sure to follow our blogs and keep up to date with Sophos, SophosLabs and Naked Security on social media.

Sophos Antivirus for Linux

Do you need antivirus on your Linux machines? In a word: yes.

One common objection to installing antivirus is that it can affect the machine’s performance. Fortunately, Sophos Antivirus for Linux has a small footprint and minimal impact on system speed. Basically, you won’t know it’s there – except, of course, when it detects and blocks a threat from infecting your machine or spreading to your users’ workstations.

The best thing about it, Sophos Antivirus for Linux is available now for FREE. Go try it out.

**slackula** · 16-10-2016, 12:46 AM

Originally Posted by david44

unlike above Baldrick and Slack seem to be sober

Sober!??! This disgraceful allegation will not be allowed to go unchallenged!

Still, I see buttplug has done his usual thing of threadshitting without managing to produce one single useful piece of information. He always does that on anything related to computing because he has no fucking clue what he is talking about.

CJ: you can download and burn a CD or DVD and run Ubuntu, Mint or several other flavours of GNU/Linux off that without installing anything. You can use Windows to make the disk and there are easy to follow instructions all over the web.

It might be a bit clunky because running from a CD/DVD is a LOT slower than running from a normal disk but it'll give you a pretty good idea of how things will be if you decide to install it proper.

You can see what is included and most important you can check out if you wifi and graphics bits work properly (they almost certainly will nowadays).

Have fun and enjoy learning something new and interesting.

**PlanK** · 16-10-2016, 01:44 AM

Is it possible to get Buttfly banned from the Computer section?

It's obvious he has just become a bitter, twisted non-contributor after he was found out to be a fraud.

**Tommy** · 16-10-2016, 08:28 AM

Use linux since 1998, started with slackware. Now on a ubuntu 16.04 but not standard unity window manager. Gnome is for my taste better, and there is the great point of using linux: you can set it up to your taste. Many many choices.
When you start, use an easy, out of the box distribution. When you learn more, go for your personal choices. Something closed software isn't able to offer on such a scale.

**Troy** · 16-10-2016, 08:43 AM

One thing I have found regarding burning dvds is that it is safest to do so at the slowest speed setting. I have known many problems that ended up being a corrupt dvd that seems perfectly okay until half way through an install.

**crackerjack101** · 16-10-2016, 01:45 PM

All good, chaps. Thanks.

**harrybarracuda** · 16-10-2016, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

see I am a Linux Pro

**fred flintstone** · 16-10-2016, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Troy

One thing I have found regarding burning dvds is that it is safest to do so at the slowest speed setting. I have known many problems that ended up being a corrupt dvd that seems perfectly okay until half way through an install.

or ditch the DVDs and use a USB

**Dragonfly** · 16-10-2016, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

see I am a Linux Pro

I knew you would love it

Originally Posted by Plan B

Is it possible to get Buttfly banned from the Computer section?

It's obvious he has just become a bitter, twisted non-contributor after he was found out to be a fraud.

why are you being such a sensitive prick ? I know it feels like I am kicking a few wheelchairs in the retirement home that is TD but I am offering worthwhile advice, so it's not my fault you are too old not to recognize them as such.

**harrybarracuda** · 16-10-2016, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by CSFFan

CJ,

I've used Solaris (Unix) and Linux/Ubuntu since the late 1980s. It's still what most servers run today.

Actually I don't think it is. Perhaps you'd care to prove that statement.

**Dragonfly** · 16-10-2016, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by CSFFan

CJ,

I've used Solaris (Unix) and Linux/Ubuntu since the late 1980s. It's still what most servers run today.

Actually I don't think it is. Perhaps you'd care to prove that statement.

I think the original Solaris has been dead for quite a while, with Oracle taking over Sun server business, the default OS is Oracle Unix based on Linux

Solaris was full of security flaws, if you still had a Solaris server after 2000 on the Internet, you were probably already hacked

**harrybarracuda** · 16-10-2016, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

see I am a Linux Pro

I knew you would love it

Originally Posted by Plan B

Is it possible to get Buttfly banned from the Computer section?

It's obvious he has just become a bitter, twisted non-contributor after he was found out to be a fraud.

why are you being such a sensitive prick ? I know it feels like I am kicking a few wheelchairs in the retirement home that is TD but I am offering worthwhile advice, so it's not my fault you are too old not to recognize them as such.

I agree, all he does is talk shit all the time and try and denigrate other posters with his feeble knowledge of jizz encrusted iphones and old macs.

And he's shit at it.

Notice how his last post was an attempt at hiding his poor behaviour from the mods. Hopefully they'll read his posts from the last few months and fuck him off back to the DH where he belongs.

He has offered NOTHING of any use in the Security Thread other than stupid, childish comments that match his low IQ.

**david44** · 16-10-2016, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Dragonfly

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by CSFFan

CJ,

I've used Solaris (Unix) and Linux/Ubuntu since the late 1980s. It's still what most servers run today.

Actually I don't think it is. Perhaps you'd care to prove that statement.

I think the original Solaris has been dead for quite a while, with Oracle taking over Sun server business, the default OS is Oracle Unix based on Linux

Solaris was full of security flaws, if you still had a Solaris server after 2000 on the Internet, you were probably already hacked

Haven't you got homos to go to? ,
The OP has repeatedly told you to leave?
Harry who knows more about the technical than me says you have nothing to contribute why the continuous unwanted disruption are you lonely?

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