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Evince should be loaded on Mint, and it can read PDFs. I've not encountered any problems with PDF documents using it.

You are ALWAYS welcome here Allan! Good to see you man! :)

I have never been unexpectedly hit by a virus. What I mean by that is that I have had viri on my system, but only because I opened a file, attachment, or web site of which I was already suspicious, so made sure I had my defenses in place and then examined the suspicious content in a sandbox. I...

Hey Dearandin! Good to hear from you! Dude, it's NEVER too late to get an education!

My #1 son (well, ok, my only son) and I were discussing the movies the other night and concluded that #1 was the best, #3 was OK, #2 could probably just have not been made, and #4 should never have been made.

Err.......no......Pirates of the Caribbean. :)

"Take what ya can; give nuthin' back!" Oh, wait, that's the Pirate's Motto.

You can monitor, but the thing is, if you depend solely on reactive technologies then you are always behind the curve; threats are always evolving, and the ways of detecting them are always going to be playing catch up. The best way to prevent virii and account compromises is through good...

Exactly

Linux isn't immune to virii, it's just more difficult to get them because we don't run day-to-day applications as the administrative ('root') user, they way many Windows systems do. In addition, painful as it is to admit, Linux just isn't a worthwhile target for virus writers; there are just...

If you aren't running Windows, why does it matter? Linux will get support for the new CPUs. You MAY have to upgrade to a newer version of Linux than what you are running now if you are using e.g. RHEL or Ubuntu LTS (which are designed for longevity and stability rather than latest features)...

Even devices that are asleep can be potentially hacked, if they have the 'wake on lan' feature enabled.

You misunderstand (I'm assuming from the meds :) ). Microsoft are saying that on the Windows platform, ONLY Windows 10 will support the CPU. OF COURSE it will be supported on Linux and BSD and anything else not under MS control! :) However, as I pointed out above, even if they didn't release...

There's a surprising amount of kit out there running an embedded Linux, and most of it is for stuff you wouldn't think of. Home routers and wifi access points are pretty obvious, but most computer monitors and TVs also, DVD/BluRay players, stereos, MP3 players, internet-enabled refrigerators...

I'm a little confused by the furor being created around this exploit. The system in question has to have already been compromised some other way in order to get this rootkit installed. You can't just e.g. point at port 80 and use it to compromise the web server; you have to have already...

A modified version is available here: https://asmb.itch.io/dmcas-sky. DMCAs Sky retains the same game play, but hopefully modified enough to keep Nintendo happy.

Sorry, I wasn't saying or implying that you're an idiot, George, and if it came across that way I apologize. You don't spend your time in technology, and keeping up with all the latest technology trends. The people who DO and are spreading this trash are the ones who are grating on my nerves.

No, I mean 'driver' as in 'device driver', as in that piece of software which tells the computer how to properly access a piece of hardware. I realize it seems weird to think of a CPU as needing a 'device driver', but with modern CPUs that is in fact necessary, due to the varying internal...

Windows 7 and Windows 8 won't suddenly quit working if you put in a Kaby Lake CPU, and Linux won't refuse to boot if you use Kaby Lake hardware. What MAY happen is that, because CPUs optimize instructions internally in different ways based on their internal design, you may not get as much...

I'm at 1612 as I post this. However, the the post count isn't going to increment until you logout (it's not saved to the database until you end your session, IIRC). Ok, so I'm wrong, my post count just went to 1613.