Linux
Choosing an Operating …
A neighbour asked:
There are plenty …Looking for help with my computer that has been *hijacked* by its Windows 10 operating system. Is there anyone out there who has advice regarding an alternative OS? Perhaps a LINUX version, or ????, or uninstall Win10 and go with Win7? I really HATE Win10!
Ian Darwin on UNIX/Linux …
This is my UNIX site, but it’s mostly about OpenBSD, which I consider to be among the most highly evolved species of UNIX/Linux (itself the best of all commercially-available general purpose Operating Systems), particularly with regard to security and reliability.
Getting Started: Download and …
Linus Just Doesn't Get It
Linux founder Linus Torvalds makes an amazing claim about Linux security (or not) on gmane.kernel.org (I'm not even gonna help pagerank that article by linking to it; search the newsgroup name and the date 2008-07-08). Speaking about security fixes, he says:
... It makes "heroes" out of …
The Failure of Software …
There are hundreds of thousands of open source projects out there (SourceForge.net alone hosts more than 132,000 distinct projects), more than anybody could use in a lifetime. Most are good, some are great, some are not so great. As the head of the OpenBSD project says, "Choice is Good". …