“So you want to start using Linux as an operating system instead of (or perhaps in addition to) Windows or Mac OSX. You might be asking yourself: “Where to begin? Which flavor of Linux should I use? How do I install software? How do I use a terminal?”. This ‘zine will explore all of these questions. Here is a quick rundown on the history of the operating system itself (from wikipedia):
“The Linux kernel is a free and open-source, monolithic, modular, multitasking, Unix-like operating system kernel. It was conceived and created in 1991 by Linus Torvalds for his i386-based PC, and it was soon adopted as the kernel for the GNU operating system, which was created as a free replacement for UNIX. Since then, it has spawned a plethora of operating system distributions, commonly also called Linux.
Linux is deployed on a wide variety of computing systems, such as embedded devices, mobile devices (including its use in the Android operating system), personal computers, servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. It can be tailored for specific architectures and for several usage scenarios using a family of simple commands (that is, without the need of manually editing its source code before compilation);privileged users can also fine-tune kernel parameters at runtime. Most of the Linux kernel code is written using the GNU extensions of GCC to the standard C programming language and with the use of architecture specific instructions (ISA). This produces a highly optimized executable (vmlinux) with respect to utilization of memory space and task execution times.
Day-to-day development discussions take place on the Linux kernel mailing list (LKML). Changes are tracked using the version control system git, which was created by Torvalds as a bespoke replacement for BitKeeper. Linux as a whole is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 (GPLv2), but it also contains several files under other compatible licenses, and an ad hoc exemption for the user space API header files (UAPI).”
It is important to remember that Linux gives you full control over your system, and we mean that in every sense. This means that if you mess something up with root permissions it can alter the entire operating system. Luckily there is a large community online that runs into some of the issues you might encounter. StackOverflow is a great resource for this! It is important (as is always) to create backups of your files both offline and online (cloud storage). If you are someone with radical politics, Linux is great for privacy conscious users because the code is open-source. This means that any security researcher can audit the code for software vulnerabilities.”
Phrack #69: Attacking Ruby On Rails Applications
“The issue of Phrack that this was published in was initially released in 2016, thus making this (sort of) dated information. However, there are still similar exploits that have been found more recently, such as CVE-2019-5418 & CVE-2019-11027 — both affect Rails applications. This zine explores ways to think about the attack process itself. We will leave a 0bin link with YouTube tutorials related to this zine.”
Lainzine #5: Hacking Java Webapps & go_outside.txt
“I don’t know if this was really an experience of yours as a kid, but my friends and I were told to “turn off the screen and go outside,” as if we weren’t socializing enough indoors or something. Begrudgingly, we’d leave our games or anime on pause and go out until we were let back into our fantasy realms. We did socialize, but much of the time, it was just about that: our virtual
worlds; the ones we were *really* living in, where we achieved great triumphs and people actually cared about our lonely tragedies. We found a short, brutal middle ground between our childhood’s “I want to be an astronaut!” and our adulthood’s “I want to be out of debt” that we held for dear life as “reality” crumbled around us, and it was all was in front of a cathode ray tube.”
Know Your Rights! A Primer for D.C. Protesters
“EDITOR’S NOTE
This guide is by no means a silver bullet to dealing with the legal system. It will not prepare you for any potential torture or interrogation by law enforcement in jail/prison. It is important to remember that the police lie, and will do & say anything to get you to incriminate yourself and others. It is also not comprehensive advice for those that wish to take more extreme risks with regards to direct action. For some other related resources it is recommended that you check out the following:
-“A Tilted Guide To Being a Defendant” by The Tilted Scales Collective https://tiltedscalescollective.org/wp-content/uploads/atiltedguide-web-1.pdf
-“Basic Politics of Movement Security” by J. Sakai, Mandy Hiscocks https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/j-sakai-basic-politics-of-movement-security
-“Confidence. Courage. Connection. Trust—A proposal for security culture” by Anonymous https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-confidence-courage-connection-trust”
Preliminary Thesis on the Wrongway Driver
“Disclaimer:
This zine was intended as a twitter joke gone too far. Please drive on the wrong side of the road at your own risk. Enjoy.
-The Distroist International”
““CREATE///DESTROY” was initially self-published in 2013 with only film photography, featuring photos taken all over the so-called United States. This 2021 re-issue will have digital collages, found photos and various drawings in addition to film photography that dates from 2010-2013. I hope that you enjoy it! Much respect to my friends over at FTP DISTRO for the help with formatting & publishing this for me 🙂 “