Linux - a Secure Personal Computer for Beginners. Second Edition

by Mark Emerson

Overview

An Essential Guide to Linux Security for Beginners!
 

This publication is not about starting with Linux, but about initiating security practices within the Linux environment. Inside, you will find essential information on securing your personal Linux computer.

Although in the publication, immunized distributions are recommended, you can successfully apply the advice in Debian and distributions based on it like Ubuntu, Mint, and others, as well as in the non-immunized Fedora Linux!

Topics discussed in the book:
- security
- Fedora Silverblue
- NixOS
- Qubes OS
- installation
- configuration
- privacy
- VPN
- web browsers
- HTTPS.

 

The second edition has been supplemented with the following topics:

  - monitoring services running on the UDP protocol using the nmap command,

  - the AppArmor module,

  - a tip for Flatpak users,

  - the difference between using apt and apt-get to update Debian-based systems,

  - disabling the ability for someone to ping the computer using ICMP,

and more.

 

 

Product Details

BN ID:	2940181555570
Publisher:	Mark Emerson
Publication date:	04/10/2025
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	118 KB

About the Author

The author has spent many years of his life working with computers. He is a computer engineer and has worked as a computer network administrator as well as a web designer. He has always been interested in operating systems. For the past few years, he has been a passionate enthusiast of Linux systems.