Re: Linux Basics

2023-12-01 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I loved Gentoo, It was an amazing learning experience and taught me a ton about how Linux worked and was put together. It also taught me what Linux really was and what a distro was. and the difference. I would not use it as a server or for my laptop/desktop. But I appreciated what it did for me.

Re: What to know : Just Linux

2023-12-01 Thread James Mcphee via PLUG-discuss
If you're going with CIS guidelines, I'd recommend the openscap tool to give you decent reports on it. And for the particularly lazy --remediate :) On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 9:35 AM George Toft via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I would add read, understand and apply each

Re: What to know : Just Linux

2023-12-01 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
I would add read, understand and apply each step of the Linux Security Benchmarks from the Center for Internet Security.  Each step has a discussion as to why you should do it. Regards, George Toft On 11/30/2023 7:39 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: That's Great!!  Thanks!! On 2023-

Re: Linux Basics

2023-12-01 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
I had the glorious opportunity to "fix" a Gentoo installation for a local company.  The business chose Gentoo because that's what the owner's 18 year old son knew, then the son didn't want to be daddy's tech support any more.  I inserted the CentOS installation DVD and fixed it. Regards, Geo