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• Trying Linux on your Windows system

  Posted on February 15th, 2021 at 01:20 Sandra Henry-Stocker Comment on the AskWoody Lounge
  

  LINUX

  Trying Linux on your Windows system

  By Sandra Henry-Stocker

  Did you ever think you might like to give Linux a try without making a commitment to a new operating system? Well, guess what? You can!

  In fact, there are a number of ways to pull this off — without disrupting, interfering with, or unseating your Windows installation. You can install a command line tool on top of Windows 10, run a Linux desktop on top of Windows, run a full Linux distribution with its own GUI from a DVD or USB drive, install it as a second OS and decide at boot time which you want to run, or install Linux on some old PC you don’t use anymore.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.6.0 (2021-02-15).
  This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 18.6.F (2021-02-15).

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• Linux sudo flaw

  Posted on January 27th, 2021 at 23:55 Susan Bradley Comment on the AskWoody Lounge

  Over there on the “other” platform, Linux also needs to be updated this week.

  As bleepingcomputer notes,

  A now-fixed Sudo vulnerability allowed any local user to gain root privileges on Unix-like operating systems without requiring authentication.

  What’s interesting is the bug has been under the hood for 9 years!

  Linux Patch Lady Posts

• What Linux is and why it has persisted

  Posted on January 18th, 2021 at 02:45 Sandra Henry-Stocker Comment on the AskWoody Lounge
  

  LINUX

  What Linux is and why it has persisted

  By Sandra Henry-Stocker

  When all your friends are using Windows and the desktops at work are all running Windows, Linux might be one of the last things you’d even think about.

  Anyone who has never taken a dive into Linux may wonder why anyone would bother using what might appear to be a nonstandard, aberrant, fragmented operating system with hundreds of different builds. There are, however, many reasons why Linux has become a successful OS, why hundreds of Linux distributions have come into being, and why Linux enthusiasts are so enamored with it.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 18.2.0 (2021-01-18).

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