Posted on 02/07/2023 9:50:22 AM PST by ShadowAce
I once ran a ClamTK scan and it suggested I remove LibreOffice. LoL
Thanks for the info. I’m a Linux newbie. Just playing with an OLD 32-bit laptop. Running Linux Mint 19.3 xfce which is all this old PC can handle. Tried 19.3 Cinnamon, but it kept locking up.
Brave.com (which I really like) no longer supports 32-bit hardware, so I just use the browsing software that came with xcfe.
Any recommendations?
Linux use to be safe because the bad guys focused on Windows. Sad to see it is now a target.
MacOS. It just works.
Windows is so 1990s.
Linux runs the world and is pretty darned safe, but still not a mainstream OS.
If you want or need Unix and a “normal” operating system, just get a Mac. Out of the box it will do everything Windows and Linux does, without the headaches.
Now I know someone will say that MacOS is not available on Cloud Computing platforms, & etc. and so forth - so sue me.
If you want a computer that works without fuss, or having to read articles on how to use it in order not to break it, or protect it so it doesn’t break...yeah, I know what I’m talking about.
Tinkerers, enjoy your Windows crap. Techie hackers, play with Linux whatever flavor suits you. Do-ers, just use your smarts.
Let the flames begin.
I’ve always heard that Linux was near bullet-proof. The worst it would do is pass along Windows-based viruses but not corrupt itself. There went that dream.
Use a VPN
…To avoid infecting your Linux device with malware, you should use a VPN.
All a VPN does is change the IP address sites see and stopping the viewing of your traffic to and from that exposed endpoint. Your computer and browser get no malware protection from that and all traffic to the Internet that has to happen as it leaves the remote IP address are able to be seen, again.
The author doesn't ave a clue on this point.
I’ve never had an Apple product (aside from a uber locked down iPhone at work (really? a thousand bucks back when this thing was new, SMH, but I digress...)). Now to be sure I gained immense respect when they went all BSD under the hood, but I do have a ‘can it do what Linux can do’ question.
I assume an Apple product can do NFS and SSHFS networking, but can you set it up to forward-X?
Not a flame in any way but I date back before the GUI on Linux so for years getting things done didn’t involve pretty clicky things. If platform agnostic client-server configurations could be done with Apple I’d be very impressed.
(Again... Not a flame...)
Tim Cook. He just sucks.
I was just about to post the same comment. VPN use is for privacy, not safety against malware.
i run lynis and it doesn’t display the end results- the terminal just disappears as soon as it is done running
“I was just about to post the same comment. VPN use is for privacy, not safety against malware.”
I think a VPN tunnel could be helpful if you are going through a lot of nodes. Such as decentralized networking?
“I run lynis and it doesn’t display the end results- the terminal just disappears as soon as it is done running”
I had the same problem with ClamAV. I also had ClamAV break mine both times I used it. After installing it I could no longer connect to the internet. No matter what I did I could not repair it. Not even the snapshots I took before installing it. I do not recommend ClamAV.
Back about 10 years ago, I had a consulting gig where I did a deep dive on cloud file sharing offerings, and a not-so-deep dive on enterprise mobile device management. At that time, Apple and the offerings for Apple MDM were so much more secure than Android and the MDM offerings for it, that it wasn’t funny.
In terms of corporate IT, $1k for a product that will last 2-3 years is relative peanuts. Especially if it’s inherently secure, and plays well with other aspects of that corporation’s systems.
Impossible! /S
My recommendation is get an iPhone along with this, which has been amazing for me so far. Don’t laugh at the specs, with this new chip this thing is blazing fast.
Apple - Mac mini Desktop - M2 Chip - 8GB Memory - 256GB SSD
$599
I noticed that too. Quit reading immediately.
Okay, so MacOS works. But what’s the best OS for privacy? I assume both MS and Apple spy on its users.
lol dang- just installed and ran it on several directories before reading your reply— hope it didn’t break the system- will have to reboot to see-
I tried running # lynis audit system —quick and it just quickly flips to next line/command prompt-
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