a2z: Yep, the world runs on some form of Unix with Linux being probably the most popular form of Unix. Sure there are lots of Windows machines out there, but they only perform trivial tasks. If Windows were to disappear the world would recover and be better off without it. Without Unix/Linux our entire civilization would collapse and that's not actually any kind of an exaggeration considering how dependent we are on mass communications and electronic financial transactions. Some of you might tap into the system using Windows, but the system itself runs on Unix/Linux folks.
Happy Birthday! Linus Torvalds Turns 45 This guy started the revolution!
Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel and the current maintainer of the most advanced versions released, has just turned 45 and we wish him “Happy Birthday.”
This whole situation with the FBI wanting to get past Apple iPhone security has got me thinking that the open source community could probably take security a few steps beyond what Apple has created for their iPhone. If the FBI gets in a similar jam with someone who uses serious security beyond what Apple offers, they'll have no one to come crying to. So sad. LULZ
Re: Linux
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:06 pm
by a2z
Best command line tools for linux performance monitoring Seven system monitoring tools that might be worth a try.
Sometimes a system can be slow and many reasons can be the root cause. To identify the process that is consuming memory, disk I/O or processor capacity you need to use tools to see what is happening in an operation system.
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Re: Linux
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:56 pm
by mrgreen
Introduction to Kali - The Linux Operating System Built for Hacking Great introduction to Kali and hacking in general.
Re: Linux
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 7:41 am
by dilbert
mrgreen: I still haven't tried Kali. I've tried a few other flavors of Linux, but not Kali. It looks like it's definitely worth trying out and so I'll be looking into it in the not too distant future. Thanks for the reminder!
Re: Linux
Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2017 6:36 pm
by mrgreen
Integrate WHONIX with Kali Linux to Achieve Anonymity This Linux distro might be of interest to people serious about online privacy, security, and anonymity.
How to become anonymous is the most common question that everybody asks on the internet. There could be many reasons to be an anonymous user; you are a journalist, and you want to get in touch with a whistleblower, or maybe you just care about your privacy. Cyber security professionals want anonymity for black-box testing and many other purposes. Regardless the reason, the objective is to be anonymous.