On 11/06/2018 08:49 PM, finn via users wrote:
Why wouldn't you regular review your task manager, system settings
etc. to confirm your machine has been not comprised ? (Here, few
things which you can do to confirm there isn't a breach in your system).
1. Failed logins: /var/log/messages
2. last, w, uptime
3. /etc/passwd changed?
4. fuser for ports
5. portscans in server report
6. weird processing hogging CPU?
Switching between different distro in six month is really a big pain.
Isnt't it ?
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On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 10:57 PM, William Oliver
<vendor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I jump around a lot. I usually reinstall my OS every five or six
months. I do it primarily as a security issue -- if my machine has
been compromised and I don't know it, at least every few months I
*know* I'm clean. What I've found is that the "pain" of installation
varies from release to release, and is not a fedora/debian/arch/suse
issue per se. I've had some cases where fedora installed like a dream
and debian/mint/ubuntu had problems, some cases where debian
installed easy and fedora crumped, and some cases where arch/manjaro
was great and everything else had problems.
A few weeks ago, I went to Manjaro, not because I'm an Arch fan, but
because I downloaded fedora, kubuntu, and KDE neon and it was the
*only* one that installed without a problem. Before that, KDE neon
installed without a hitch. Before that Fedora installed without a hitch.
In a few months, I'll do it again, and it will be a different distro
that works...
Usually, I start with Fedora KDE spin, then try KDE neon, then try
Manjaro, then try SUSE.
billo
Have you tried PCLinuxOS? I've been running that for quite a few years
without any serious problems, except some years ago when Master PDF
Editor refused to print to US Letter size. That seems to have
been fixed, but not before I was banned for complaining about it. I run
PCLOS anyway, having seen so many problems reported on other distro
lists. And it's a revolving system--the only time it had to be
reinstalled was when KDE5 was introduced. It is continuously updated,
usually every Sunday night. (By the user--it doesn't arbitrarily access
your system.)
--doug
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