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I have always read that one of the best ways to secure a system is to turn off all unneeded services. The problem is whenever I run "ps ax" I get a pretty long list of services.
With Windows, I know what to turn off and what to leave on. The problem is I am not sure yet what is essential in Linux and I don't want to leave my machine vulnerable. What are some things to look for? If I posted my list of services on here, could some one review it for me to see if I have anything running that I can turn off either for security or for performance enhancement?
u have very less servioe running ,this is a list of processes,this is normal when u are running kde
also from these u can shut down dhcp , ssh(if u do not use them)
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