Thanks for the A2A. From my perspective, this question needs clarification. What does “like Arch” mean? The whole point of Linux distros is different purpose and taste. If Arch was like any other and just harder to install, what would be the point of Arch? That doesn’t make sense. Slackware…
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Thanks for the A2A. Why would any Linux option try to limit itself to what Windows 7 can do? No offense. I have had Windows 7 Pro on my PC for 11 years and it’s still on there. Windows 7 is a desktop operating system and that’s it. Windows is…
Thanks for the A2A. You don’t! It’s as simple as that. You can only use ONE partitioning scheme on a drive, not two. You can either use GPT or MBR, but not both. You can use them on separate drives. But not on the same. Because a) it’s not necessary…
I disagree with almost all the other answers… for good reasons. You are an IT student and you want to get into IT security? The way to become a security expert, is by knowing your system. Also you need to be on a reasonable level in terms of development. So…
I want to start by saying, the people who got downvoted, should read questions carefully before they answer. Because the question didn’t ask for specs. It asked about the difficulties while choosing a Linux distribution. This is a bit hard to answer. But I’d say, the first one clearly is,…
Assuming you have SSH installed and in use on both ends… The connection is user-based. So, (for the basics) everything you do, works only with the according user. With one exception: the general SSH settings that tell the SSH daemon to use keys instead of passwords. You might want to…
Thank you very much for the A2A. While it looks quite simple on the outside, the more I think about the question, the more I like it. This question actually has a lot to it, that could be easily missed. So, I hope you don’t mind, if I dissect it….