If you had told me at the start of 2025 I’d have moved my main PC over to Linux by the end of the year I don’t think I’d have believed you… however here we are. I’ve been on a bit of a privacy journey in 2025, swapping out various things for more privacy focused alternatives. That’s going a bit off topic though, lets just say Windows was a casualty of this journey. I’ve actually been impressed how smoothly my transition over to Linux went, so thought i’d share my experience as someone who’s pretty much used Windows every day since our family first got a PC in 1998. That said I have dabbled with Linux over the years, the first time I ever remember using it was via a Mandrake Live CD in 2004. I did think it was amazing an entire OS could boot from a CD. I did also install Gentoox on my original Xbox, mainly as it seemed like a cool project to the teenage me, however trying to use a desktop OS on a CRT TV was far from ideal from what I remember. Since then I have used Ubuntu Server for various personal projects…
Why enable SSH Two-Factor Authentication on your server? SSH Two-Factor Authentication add’s an additional layer of security to your server / network. If your anything like myself you probably have your network locked down from the outside world, with just an SSH server accessible from the internet. Once I’m authenticated and logged in to SSH i can then open a secure tunnel to browse the web at a remote location, or even forward a port and connect to another service, or PC via remote desktop. I have always used a long but complex password I had memorised. It has always been at the back of my mind that I should try and increase the security on the server. given its the only way in to my network from the outside world. When I log in to Dropbox, My Windows Live, Google, Facebook and Steam account I have Two-Factor Authentication enabled, basically meaning I get a text message with a code I have to enter to log in. Even if someone was to finds out my password, that alone is useless without an authentication code which is constantly changing. For my Windows Live and Google accounts i use Google Authenticator to generate a login code.…