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2025-10-28 Cyber

The Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to Kernel

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Posted by badanov 2025-10-28 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1776 views ] Top

1 Worth a read.

Incredibility informative!

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2025-10-28 06:11|| 2025-10-28 06:11|| Front Page Top

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LINUX vs WINDOZ

Trying to maintain Privacy & Security, both can be tricky.

But with LINUX -> YOU <- are in charge of your system OS and not Gates M$, Google, or etc...

Now the question becomes which 1 of the dozen flavors of LINUX provides the best privacy and security by default.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-10-28 06:24|| 2025-10-28 06:24|| Front Page Top

3 A delightful retrospective on early '70s tech.
Thanks, Bad. A lot of fond memories there.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-10-28 10:35|| 2025-10-28 10:35|| Front Page Top

4 Delightfully nerdy! Makes me nostalgic for the olden days when we were running light without overbyte.

Funny how a Finnish kid's computer science homework became one of the engines that drives the internet. Truly, great elms from tiny acorns grow.

Posted by SteveS 2025-10-28 20:46|| 2025-10-28 20:46|| Front Page Top

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