Linux year 3.
Kool! So I happen to love Linux. Linux has an environment where you have to update it manually, and or be more hands on with installing packages & what not. So I find myself writing start up scripts for Firewalls, Lamp Stacks, Nmap, and other helpful tooling to make my developing easier.
Right now, I have been routinely erasing the computer and reloading a new OS every other day or week. I guess it matters when you want to learn it. So now I find myself in an dilemma. I install programs I don’t like and just start over a new. Feels like I can do it in my sleep. So it has become a habit, soooo, I write scripts of my favorite programs to load them the off chance I want to use them before I erase the OS and load another one, or the same one. LOL.
At times they are great, and other times I don’t need them. A lot of times I am researching the programs to see if I might want to use it. So that it will not interfere with other scripts I am writing, I will erase the OS. I think of it as sterilization of the environment. Also with this new practice, if anybody were to try and hack my computer, the constant changes in OS mat render the task impossible. I rotate multiple laptops and devices so to keep changing IP addresses.
This is a great security measure if you want to keep in practice of sterilized workspace. You can also rotate your passwords on all emails, and apps , and the like. Work environments should stay clean anyway to help prevent coding errors. You would be surprised at how many times I tried to run a program and it did not go as plan. When I started my sterilization practices and I got fewer coding errors and computer errors in general. So I just kept the habit.
Linux has surpassed my expectation as a whole. I am very pleased, I would like to get a subscription somewhere. But, I am not sure. I know Red Hat has a thing and Ubuntu has a thing. Both have different commands when you run Linux. I would like to learn Red Hat Linux, and I can. The commands are similar in all Arch based Linux distros. Just need to take a pilgrimage to learn ArchLinux. How exciting would that be.
