Useful Linux information and good reading for Linux users.

Useful Linux e-books and further reading for Linux users Guide to the Linux command line: http://www.securitronlinux.com/lc/Linux-Command-Line-Guide%20.png. Useful guide to the Linux command line for Linux newcomers. Guide to Linux permissions. How to set the permissions for Linux files with the command line: http://www.securitronlinux.com/lc/112_sysadmin_permissions.pdf. Debian Linux handbook. Useful information and tips for Linux newcomers: http://www.securitronlinux.com/lc/debian-handbook.pdf. Ubuntu … Read more

New Petya cyber attack targeting insecure Windows machines.

Petya cyber attack threatening many Windows machines Petya cyber attack screen on Windows. This is a new version of the Wannacry malware that is targeting insecure Windows machines. Apparently, there was a system that pushed updates to many Windows machines, and the malware was introduced into the updates and therefore spread like wildfire. This is … Read more

Historical Linux oddities from the past.

Interesting Linux oddities Linux has had quite a few odd programs and oddities released for it. One was a process management system that used a modified copy of Xdoom, a Doom source port, to manage processes. The utility used the Doom2 game files and there were Imps in the main outside courtyard. Shooting them and … Read more

Turnbull government plans to access encrypted messages. How they plan to do this.

The Australian Turnbull government plans to ask encryption software developers to install back-doors in their software to enable the Police or government agencies to access the encrypted messages. Does this include GnuPG and other encryption software that is open-source? There is the PGP software, but this is now owned by Symantec and their software is … Read more

How to make the title bars in Gnome Shell much thinner than the default.

The title bars in the Gnome Shell desktop environment by default are much too thick. This simple code sample will make them thinner. Just create this file. ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css Then put this code into it. Updated for Gnome Shell on Ubuntu 18.04. # Gnome 3 – based on https://blog.samalik.com/make-your-gnome-title-bars-smaller/ .header-bar.default-decoration { padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; font-size: … Read more

How to install a Linux version of the SGI UNIX desktop on Fedora 25.

I just installed the Linux version of the SGI desktop on my Fedora 25 Linux machine. This was not too hard either. Download a copy of the installation script from here: http://www.maxxinteractive.com/site/?page_id=51. Run the script as root to download and install the MaXX desktop tarball. [root@localhost Downloads]# sh MaXX-Indy-1.0.0-Installer.sh   >>> Downloading MaXX Interactive Desktop … Read more

Theresa May to make encryption and free software illegal in the UK.

Theresa May is trying to make encryption illegal in the UK. She wants Content Service Providers to use Deep Packet Inspection to analyze the data sent over provider networks using probes embedded in the packet flow over the network. The Home Office seemed confident that this was technically possible. Other witnesses questioned whether it is … Read more

Useful Linux commands for new users, get information about packages.

A Linux installation contains many useful manual pages that provide much useful information to help you find your way around your Linux file system. The man hier command will load the hier(7) manual page that contains a full listing of all directories on your Linux system and what their role is in the file-system hierarchy. … Read more