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Cake day: July 27th, 2023

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  • How do OS updates work in Linux? Is there a “Linux Update” program like what Windows has?

    This is known as a package manager. The package manager (along with some default settings and preinstalled packages) is what makes each Linux distro different. For instance, Debian uses apt, Arch uses pacman, Gentoo uses emerge.

    Each package manager uses a different way to upgrade software. For instance apt update refreshes the global list of available software and versions and apt upgrade finds differences between that list and what you have installed, and upgrades as needed.

    There also snaps and flatpacks, but I don’t support the use of those.

    How does digital security work on Linux? Is it more vulnerable due to being open source? Is there integrated antivirus software, or will I have to source that myself?

    Yes and no. Open source allows attackers to find vulnerability in code, but also means more eyes are on that same code and able to fix those vulnerabilities.

    Although permissions can largely be ignored on Windows, its critical to Linux. Its a little much to explain here, but a standard install is fairly secure because of permissions. The important thing to remember is to harden the root account (no remote login) and be very careful what you execute with the sudo command.

    Many people [incorrectly] don’t use AV because historically Linux hasn’t been much of a target due to low adoption. The trifecta of software I use are ufw as a system-level firewall, fail2ban to block an attacker who tries to bruteforce entry and repeatedly fails, and ClamAV for AV.

    Are GPU drivers reliable on Linux?

    Yup

    And also, what distro might be best for me?

    I think Mint is currently the recommended distro for new users. It used to be Ubuntu, but canonical has been doing some very anti-community things lately.














  • For Attack on Titan where this image comes from, they did a really good job.

    The peoole had been cut off from the outside world so seeing Onyankopon obviously would bring some questions. But they never stereotyped him because the characters of the show literally had no basis of what to think of him. Once he proved what kind of person he was, they judged him based on that. The Marlyeans knew that there was a ton of stuff and people they had no experience and most of them who had exposure just wanted to learn more.

    Additionally, Asian fetish surrounding Mikasa made a lot of sense for the same reason. Her race was nearly extinct as far as the people were concerned, and so they were seen as more exotic and valuable.




  • Saying he was the Messiah in and of itself was subversive to established thought.

    The Jews at the time thought the Messiah would come in clad in armor, sword in hand, on a white horse, come to slay their enemies.

    Instead he rolled up humbly on a donkey talking nonsense like “love each other, treat others kindly”