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Security: FOSS/CSS Updates – Are They Worth Anything?

The short answer: Updates are worthless if one does not apply them.

Once again I find myself cleaning malware off of a home user’s Microsoft based notebook PC. Once again, while it has anti-virus software installed it was infected by a “drive-by attack” from a web page. It was infected with the Antispyware Soft fake . . . → Read More: Security: FOSS/CSS Updates – Are They Worth Anything?

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Open Source: OpenOffice.org We Have a Problem

I am unashamedly an advocate for Open Source software. I run a small business that offers custom built, inexpensive computers with Open Source software preinstalled. I urge my clients to move to Open Source software whenever it makes sense for them to do so. This includes full systems such as Linux distributions and cross-platform software . . . → Read More: Open Source: OpenOffice.org We Have a Problem

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Linux: Monitor a Service with a Watchdog Script

Old Unix hands already know this, but new Unix (Linux) users may be asking, ‘What is a “watchdog script”?’ Basically it is a bash or other script that is run via cron periodically to check on a persistent service. The watchdog script takes actions based on the state of the service it monitors.

There are . . . → Read More: Linux: Monitor a Service with a Watchdog Script

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