<div dir="ltr">Jep,<div><br></div><div>There is much to learn, but am enjoying using my system and will keep learning. Not an IT trained guy here, just self taught over time. Wish I had gone into a course of study in college, but went into mental health and a people professional. So this is retirement fun for me now. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Exploring how to root my smart phone now, but quite concerned that I not make a misstep. So doing lots of reading. </div><div><br></div><div>Don</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:30 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jep200404@columbus.rr.com" target="_blank">jep200404@columbus.rr.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:20:32 -0500, Don <<a href="mailto:donohio53@gmail.com">donohio53@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Sound advice. Have never worked with virtual machine, so might have to<br>
> look into that. I see on the Linux shows that they test out new systems in<br>
> virtual. My efforts tend to be to use a burned LIVE distro to try out, but<br>
> know that is not as great experience, but gives some idea if my system will<br>
> handle the new software.<br>
<br>
Live CDs and DVDs have multiple handy uses.<br>
<br>
Use Linux on a computer that has some other operating system<br>
installed, without disturbing that other operating system.<br>
<br>
phone home<br>
<br>
recover or blow away lost passwords<br>
<br>
scan for malware<br>
<br>
forensics<br>
<br>
back up and/or restore hard drives<br>
<br>
dd, netcat, rsync, and ssh are nifty<br>
<br>
test drivers of new distro<br>
<br>
test hardware (e.g. memtest86+ or smartctl)<br>
<br>
Live CDs and DVDs can do things that virtual machines often can not,<br>
like talk to the actual hardware.<br>
<br>
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