Five tips for keeping your Ubuntu desktop safe

[Boyfriend]

To that end, I offer up five tips that will ensure that Ubuntu Linux desktop is safe and secure. These tips are all such that any level of end user can undertake them without having to take classes in PCs or Linux administration.

-Use solid passwords
-Use more than one username
-Update your software
-Install a firewall
-Lock your screen/no auto login

Further Reading: Five tips for keeping your Ubuntu desktop safe (WOT: Green)

[johnshaw1917]

These tips are basically just commonsense, a comodity that should be the first line of defense for anyone using a computer.

[hellnoire]

They are beyond common sense: if you haven't done them already, you're an ... insert interesting word here.

Firewall is easy to implement, and you have two users already: root and limited, even in Ubuntu. Sudo is your key between them.