[Cialug] Back to Linux Basics Series

Nicolai nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org
Thu Sep 26 13:40:17 CDT 2013


On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 01:09:35PM -0500, David Champion wrote:
> I do think there is a general perception that Linux is more secure than
> some other OS's, but for the general user, that means applying updates and
> maybe rebooting occasionally.

Absolutely, and that goes for any user -- especially root!  I guess I
just hoped I could shine some light on UNIX genealogy.  It's fundamental
in any discipline to understand where it fits into the larger whole.

> Out of curiosity, if you're able to disclose it, what flavor of *nix is
> this server with the long uptime?

All I can say is that it's not Linux.

Nicolai


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