This article helps you get started with the basic security tools, which will allow you to deal with most basic security vulnerabilities.

"With the PowerPack Deluxe edition of Mandrake 7.2 you get all the software you could ever wish for. 7 CDs loaded with more than 2300 apps will probably satisfy most people, I'm sure."

Long thought of as the free operating system, Linux today boasts heavyweight features that let it take on even enterprise-strength requirements.

"Although it's important to spend time on prevention, you must also have a backup plan in the event that security is compromised. If one of your systems is cracked, immediate detection and damage control are essential to prevent an intruder from gaining access to other systems and causing irreparable problems."

"Even though I trust Linux blindly, I don't trust the companies that make the machines, power supply, network cards, motherboards etc, and I am always afraid that if one of these fail, my system will be unusable. Hence the service will be unavailable, further more I will be taking down all the company services even though they are not directly related to me."

"Ok, so you have Linux installed on your computer and want to know how to make your life easier? Well, sit right back, and I'll give you 10 tweaks to your system that I use on a daily basis and couldn't live without!"

"Fortune smiles on the gadget freak who runs Linux and is willing to spend a little time on the web looking for answers to questions, like: How to make the Visor work with my Linux machine without resorting to a serial cable? This eyemodule's neat, how do I get the pictures out of it? How do I get a functioning word processor on my Visor?"

"Installing Linux on an old laptop is far from simple, as the following attests, but it is possible. It just takes a lot of work. Available documentation online is less than stellar."

"I received questions regarding my encrypted Windows partition. People asked me questions like. "How did you do that?" So I'd like to answer, "how did I do that?" I would also like to describe my successful configuration of sendmail, which remained open in my previous article."

The more we allow networked systems into our everyday lives, the less secure our businesses and homes become. The bad guys don't even have to exert much effort to attempt a break-in. There are lots of scanning and cracking tools available that know how to find and exploit known weaknesses on most computer systems