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Exploring Debian Linux

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Exploring Debian Linux

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- [Instructor] Debian Linux is a widely used Linux distribution with a long history. It's frequently used on the desktop as well as on servers. And it's the upstream distro for many other popular distros like Ubuntu, Kali, Elementary, Mint, and others. Debian uses the APT package manager and uses system D to manage the system and startup process. It comes with the Bash shell and uses the GNOME desktop by default, though, we can change which desktop environment is used during the installation process. The desktop versions come with a variety of useful productivity software pre-installed, making Debian a good first distribution for people new to Linux and also for power users. Debian uses the netfilter firewall through the IP tables command and uses AppArmor to provide application level security. Like some other distributions, Debian offers a graphical installer where we can click through a wizard that guides the…

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