Questions about Defragging or Antivirus? Look here first!

[ddurdle]

Then I don't think cloning would work. I think it basically would recreate the fragmented drive like it was.
(Not that I ever use Clonezilla though (I probably should...))

I guess rsync would be the candidate if anyone ever runs into a situation requiring defragmentation on linux. I would have never suspected simply rsyncing the / file system would work. But I recently reviewed a few articles discussing easy ways of converting your existing linux install to include LUKS. But of course, you need to take care of setting up the boot up after rsync, but it'd still be relatively painless way of defragging

[sloan]

Modern Operating Systems defrag in the background without any user interaction necesarry. My windows 7 system has been running for a few years without me ever having to initiate defrag.

[YanOri]

Thanks a lot for the info

[MrSchism]

I do feel it necessary to point out that with the mass exodus from Windows caused by Win8 and the increasing popularity of Linux (beit Android on mobile devices, Mint topping Distrowatch, or Ubuntu getting bumped by Big Bang Theory reruns), I can say with certainty that you SHOULD have antivirus software on your linux installation. More and more people are targeting linux every day.

Some attacks are focused entirely at ubiquitous parts of your OS (For instance, Firefox, java, and the like) so they don't really revolve around the OS, but rather what's running ON the OS.

Personally, I like f-prot over the likes of Avast! Linux or ClamAV because it's much lighter and sits quietly.

[Mr. Boat]

I readed all the entire post, but, anyway I think I'm a little paranoid about antivirus. Back on Ubuntu I tried to install Bitdefender, with no success.

Could anyone recommend me a good AV for LM14?

About NoScript on Firefox, I think it has some parameters I don't get to understand, so I'm keeping with Flashblock.

[ccline19]

You are simply incorrect. Any OS connected to the internet NEEDS some kind of antivirus software to prevent infections or from being a carrier. To say Linux doesn't need it is absurd.

[yuri21]

Hmm, I'm gonna look into either avast, Clamav or F-prot then.

Sure, Linux is safe but at times, I do transfer files to my parents' laptops and err, they really are very bad with computers. They didn't even have any anti-virus installed for a long time on each of their laptops!

[jh6932]

othis is crazy...i have 2 RATS and 2 rootkits for linux. one rat infects solaris win mac and linux....serisouly you do need AV..the rat is called netwire, very good at remote administration but can be used as malware also. simple google seach or a trip to any forums will give u this info

[Malsasa]

Addition from me (but in Indonesian):

http://malsasa.wordpress.com/2013/01/01 ... ena-virus/

In English: Linux User 8 Years Never Infected by Virus.

You can read it by GTranslate

[FireSoul]

Then I don't think cloning would work. I think it basically would recreate the fragmented drive like it was.
(Not that I ever use Clonezilla though (I probably should...))

I guess rsync would be the candidate if anyone ever runs into a situation requiring defragmentation on linux. I would have never suspected simply rsyncing the / file system would work. But I recently reviewed a few articles discussing easy ways of converting your existing linux install to include LUKS. But of course, you need to take care of setting up the boot up after rsync, but it'd still be relatively painless way of defragging

Hello.
I'm using antivirus on linux mint.Linux don't need it,but if you load file where are windows virus and sent it for someone who have windows,it cause there something.
Antivirus for mint you find it from packages,named Natilus calmscan and 2 part for it.You find it as search "antivirus".
Don't load and install programs from net,so you can get bad files,load only from packages using synaptic,or package manager.
On linux can be installed only when you allow it with password.

I hope for you nice times with linux mint.

[hal8000]

A very good first post. Just my input and I'm sure someone can beat this but I switched to linux in 1999,
and after 14 years of using linux, never lost any data never had a virus,malware or a rootkit.

As for defragging I used Debian solid for 6 years with an ext3 filesystem.
So after 6 years of everyday use, how much fragmentation sis I have ? .... just 1.6%
By contrast a fresh install of windows 7 from DVD resulted in 16% fragmentation.

Last comment I'll add is that journalled filesystems are much more reliable and
have much less wear and tear of the hard drive (because they dont fragment as much).
Should you encounter a powercut, or other unclean unmouting, a filesystem check
takes minutes, often seconds, depending on size and speed of the hard drive.