I've gotten a lot of polarizing opinions since I mentioned to a few people I was moving to Linux. For instancem some say I don't even need to worry about antivirus anymore. Others say thta it's till very much needed. I haven't installed any yet, but I'm not opposed either
When I told someone I was moving to Linux he suggested I get two apps called Firejail and PortMaster. They both sound great on paper, but thought I'd see if anyone here had experience with either.
Finally, now that I'm done with the reinstall, I want to nail down a backup soluition and I was hoping for some opinions on that.
Also happy to get reccomendations for other apps aws well!
Can you edit your forum profile to show which edition of Z18 you have installed. i.e. Pro, Core, Lite, Education. That extra info will help us help you.
You asked about equivalent to Windows Restore in your other thread. Have a look at Timeshift at some point, but take care how much drive space gets used. Perform a search here on the forum for "Timeshift" and see what is being said.
I hope you did not choose to do encryption this time. It over complicates things and is unnecessary for "normal" users.
As a general rule, it's not needed. Anyhow it all depends what you are using your computer for. I would recommend trojan hunters instead of anti-virus, like RKhunter and chrootkit. Both are terminal apps.
EDIT: ... and turn on the firewall in Zorin as well. It's called gufw.
I'll do that (I have Core by the way). I'm running on a Dell Precision 3561 (11850H, 32GB of RAM, and a T600). I was going to look at Timeshift. Not really sure why, but it seems to be one of those apps peaople either really appreciate, or absolutely can't stand. I'll asbolutely download that source, and keep it pinned. Thank you
I have small HDD so do not use Timeshift. I just backup /home using "Backups"(aka deja-dup) app. That takes care of personal files etc.
Rescuezilla is a drive image backup solution that may be of interest.
If you feel the need of an antivirus program, ClamAV is the only thing that is available for Linux Desktop. There are assiciated UI app's either ClamTK (no longer maintained, but works) and ClamUI (early days).
RKHunter and chrootkit is something you run once in awhile.
You can run check how to use an app by writing its name in the terminal and put this flag behind it --help
So with rkhunter, you rkhunter --help
and it tells you how to use it.
For deeper help/manual you put man infront of the command; man rkhunter
q for quit.
EDIT: I don't think they have a gui, but it would be nice
Apps I recommend is: LACT: LACT lets you configure and monitor your AMD, Nvidia or Intel GPU on Linux. ProtonPlus if you're gaming. Steam if you're gaming Amberol a nice simple audio player. Cine best video player (IMO) on Gnome.
AV on Linux ... The Threat Situation with Viruses is not as huge as on Windows. But that doesn't mean, that there are no one's. So, blindly click on everything is a bad Idea. You should be as careful as You would be with Windows.
AV Solutions on Linux are more rare. The already mentioned rkhunter and chkrootkit are 2 Things for scanning Rootkits. I use them, too. The Terminal Usage might not be something for everyone but it is okay.
Then there is ClamAV. This itself is a commandline Tool, too. If You fine with the Commandline, You can use it like it is. But there are graphical Interfaces for it, too. There is ClamTK which is an older one; unfortunately not maintained anymore but You can still use it.
Then exists a new one called ClamUI. It is relatively new and a 0.1.X Version but it is usable. But You shouldn't expect that it runs without any Problems. When You use the Flatpak Ver, it brings ClamAV with it. so, You wouldn't have to install it. When You use the .deb Version, You have to install ClamAV.
