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Alpine Linux 3.18.4 – Small. Simple. Secure.

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Alpine Linux caught my eye the other day, in this article: Looney Tunables: New Linux Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation on Major Distributions. Other major Linuxes were found to be vulnerable and exploitable to Looney Tunables, with Alpine Linux being the exception of those tested.

‘Alpine Linux, which uses the musl libc library instead of glibc.’ I did a post on Linux security flaws – Here. Then decided to do a post on Alpine Linux installation. Mainly an instructional post on how to install it, which is long, so I won’t have a lot of info on the inner workings of Alpine Linux.

For more info, Jack Wallen has a good article on – What is Alpine Linux?

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EU to Russia – ‘War in Ukraine is an “existential threat” to Europeans’

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Putin made the biggest mistake in Russian history by reinvading Ukraine. That is now his Legacy, but he keeps hoping that the Europeans and/or the Americans are going to help him save his Legacy—as in, one or both will just abandon Ukraine and the Ukrainians.

Putin had accidentally exposed Russia’s Military weaknesses to the entire Planet Earth, and Putin now hopes that the Europeans and America are going to stand idly by and give Russia the chance to rebuild their once renown Military Power!?

I don’t think so. 🤔 Why not allow Putin to compound his first “biggest mistake in Russian history” by making his second “biggest mistake in Russian history”? With such obviously *BIG* mistakes making going on, it wouldn’t seem to be possible for him to make a third one, but heck—who would’ve guessed back on 2/24/2022 that Ukraine was going to repel that Russian reinvasion and then force Russia into the defensive position.

Sorry, Vladimir “Adolf” Putin, but your Legacy is only going to get worse before you die…

‘Existential Threat’

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Porteus 5.0 Cinnamon – Part 6: Package Managers & Porteus Modules

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This is the final part, Part 6, of the “Special July 2022 series” on the Porteus Linux page. The other parts are now – HERE. Had moved to this self-hosted KM&T blog last year, from the old Linux Newbie – Since 1996 blog, and have been transferring certain posts & info slowly to here. Requires some editing and moving the pics so it’s not the original ‘Flow’, and dated info can be confusing. Porteus 5.0 package managers work differently than other Linux distros but it’s great once you get it! 👍

Have been ‘gearing‘ the series towards MS Windows users, but still mindful of interested Linux users. Most everyone in the modern world now uses 2-4 OSes daily…their PC’s & phones for starters.

Primary, Secondary & ‘Companion‘ OSes

I believe Porteus 5.0 Cinnamon is a perfect fit for many Windows 10 and/or Windows 11 users, as their secondary OS and/or a ‘Companion‘ OS alongside their primary Windows 10 and/or Windows 11 OS.

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Porteus 5.0 Cinnamon – Part 5: Installing LibreOffice

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Still moving some posts from my old Linux Newbie – Since 1996 blog—which is now Private, and may end up being deleted. Was started as a testing & experimenting blog for Linux, but have now moved on to a self-hosted blog. Lots of the info was obsolete, and I am only transferring a small amount of original posts.

This is Part 5 in the Porteus v5.0 series that I am transferring here. Am having to transfer pics and also edit the original 7/11/2022 post, so the version of LibreOffice here is an older one. 😉The series is now being located HERE.

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Porteus 5.0 Cinnamon – Part 4: Browsers and the Porteus Browser Tool

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Am closing down my old Linux Newbie – since 1996 WordPress.com blog (is Private now), and am in the process of refreshing and moving some of the content over to my self-hosted KM&T (Karmi’s Musings & Tech) blog here. Moving and/or Transferring content requires editing and such, so some do not ‘Flow’ as well as the original did.

This is Part 4 in the Porteus v5.0 series that I am transferring here. The series was sorta geared towards MS Windows users, but still mindful of interested Linux users. Porteus is plenty stable enough for even newbie MS Windows users to thrash ‘n hack around in without breaking everything…in most cases. 😉The series is now being located HERE.

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