linux has always been free thats the beauty of it.. the reason its free is to stop you becoming a slave to the corporate feckers

I think most of them are hosted on archive.org

Also there a number of back issues there too.

Most people already use a form of Linux without knowing.

I have been a fan for many years and all of my machines dual boot into it - great when you have problems with M$ or a virus/system problem.

Linux (and associated software) is indeed free but this find is a great spot as the cover discs contain a plethora of useful programmes. Also, you can run it as a "live" disc which means that you can trial the OS without actually installing it.

Incidentally, for those who insist upon hanging onto XP by their fingernails, there are various "flavours" of Linux which can be set up to emulate this dinosaur OS.

Heat

programmes < dont exist in linux... sorry to add that ..linux uses scrips this is y u cant get infected by any type of exe virus

programs do exist in linux, they are just not windows .exe format. Usually linux programs are in ELF format, but you can run .exe executables on linux if you use WINE (a windows emulator)
linux also runs shell scripts, these are analgous to the DOS batch (.bat) files of old

i didnt say you cant run file extentions like .exe my friend all i was hinting at was the fact that linux is a scriped based os and can be configured to do anything if u have the time :smile:

​...but most people understand the generic concept of "programmes".

here is a version of linux i use its blown my mind >>KALI

Oh and PS

It is a common, uneducated and ill-informed myth that a Linux install cannot be infected by malware. The very fact that it uses scripts should make that pretty obvious.

​...more for advanced users or those interested in "ethical" hacking (hmm). It is indeed a good distro but can be used for nefarious means - any OS that carries boasts of being designed for pen testing has to be viewed with caution.

indeed

i dont wana get into a argument about some nub setting up a >>>>> sarcasum(program) wile ur installing the latest distro... it would be pot luck ... bit like winning the lotto ... u have to be in it to win it :P

​What does "sarcasum" mean? Do you mean this?... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Sarcasum

However, as is well known, Mint (a Linux variant) was a target about a year ago and users were affected.

One of my favourite aspects of Linux is the availability of spellcheckers and grammar correcters.

Ive been playing with linux for >15 years, ubuntu is my current weapon of choice

​Ubuntu is a fantastic distro and doesn't have a particularly steep learning curve. It even let me resurrect a dead hard drive with a little jiggery pokery.

Linux Format magazine is a great magazine because it also has coverage of the non-x86 versions of linux, for example raspbian on the raspberry pi

I think that should be correctors

Well spotted!

You do know that WINE literally stands for "WINE Is Not An Emulator", right? And it isn't - it translates Windows API calls to native Linux ones.

So, which distro to choose for beginner? I did try Mint but I see it was targeted already.

thanks for the info, i stand corrected :smile:

​I think you may just be missing the irony

​Try Ubuntu it isn't bad

Iirc, the attack basically managed to replace the .iso file on the server - since then, the Mint team have beefed up the security on the servers, and also improved the checksum system for validating the download matches the registered build version.

I can't see a way of downloading the cover disc.

All the links just say Available as a PDF to subscribers.

Next year will be the year of Linux and OpenOffice!

Oh look .. you've hilariously highlighted an obvious typo by using the well worn internet standard of pretending not to understand what the word is in a vain attempt to pass yourself off as superior. Pity you didn't follow your own advice though ...

Good find OP. :-)

Ethical hacking is a real thing, sometimes the best way to try and counter 'black hat' hackers is to do the things they do and patch any vulnerabilities before they can use them.

Besides, Kali is just a collection of tools, I could easily download a penetration tester for other OSs including windows.

interesting fact Microsoft have finally released SQL for Linux, install time on a Windows box 30 minutes, install time on a Linux box 30 seconds

​Did you miss the subsequent post?

Thanks :smile:

Comments on this thread are hilarious. Keep it going!

I looked at Linux when it first appeared 20 + years ago, however at the same time a really good OS appeared that was far superior that went by the name of BeOS, which stood for Best Operating System so I never really got into Linux. However over the years I have visited Linux and tried just about every version that hit the market. I came to the conclusion that for a live version you cannot do better than Puppy Linux.
I suggest this version mainly because it has all the progs on the desktop, you don't need to go looking for it. It also runs on old comps and because it runs entirely in ram it is very fast.
puppylinux.org/mai…htm

I never looked much at BeOS - though keep an occasional eye on https://www.haiku-os.org/

Puppy Linux is great depending on what you're doing. With the different puplets there is plenty of options available.

Unless they've changed it, with Puppy you do run as root by default.
This kind of goes against the inherent security of Linux distro's.
But hey ho, no different to all those Windows pc's browsing using accounts with full admin rights. :stuck_out_tongue:

Gentoo and Arch is where you need to go to really learn Linux though I guess that's a bit too hardcore for some

Heat added, just for the comments!

I'll check the actual freebies when I get back to my laptop...


Eventually.