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I've been guilty sometimes of recommending Mint Cinnamon only because it's an excellent Distro and I use it every day but at the end of...

This says it all...

What examples... In Linux a password is everything...can't do anything without it "Contrary to so called popular beliefs" as you say.

I forgot to mention my w7 VM is in my Tower (16GB of Ram) not my Laptop as my Laptop has only 4GB of Ram. As for new hardware...my...

If you upgrade...say 21.2 to 21.3 sometimes things won't work...that's the reason I don't...I always do a clean install. I always have...

Many people coming from windoze are very paranoid about Security...what they forget is the malware needs permission (your password) to...

Security is a process, not an application. A perfectly secure computer is impossible. So, we decide how much security we need when...

I'm not giving up at all. I'm pretty much always trying to stay aware of what's going on in computer security and threats, at least...

Incoming: Deny all Works for me. ;)

Now that's funny...made me laugh. Didn't happen in my part of the world and don't have any chooks (chickens) does KFC count.

Of course it's most important to keep your system up to date...that goes without saying.

Welcome to the Forum.

These days CPUs are not cheap...so I don't touch them. The only thing I'd do maybe once a year is check the temp...here are my two...

At the end of the day...you can try heaps of Distros...https://distrowatch.com/ If you don't like one choose another...you're not...

How many rootkits have you found on a Linux system...let me guess 0.