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Celebrity advice on keeping your Linux desktop secure

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:00:00 GMT
One of the main reasons people move from Windows to Linux is the promise of greater security from malware on the Internet. Everyone knows you need to add extra security to try to keep a Windows desktop safe, but what do you have to do to accomplish the same thing on Linux? To answer that question, we asked a number of well-known Linux kernel hackers and a security expert for their thoughts on the matter.

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os_type

os_type(3alleg4)						  Allegro manual						  os_type(3alleg4)

NAME

       os_type - Stores the detected type of the OS. Allegro game programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       extern int os_type;

DESCRIPTION

       Set by allegro_init() to one of the values:

	  OSTYPE_UNKNOWN    - unknown, or regular MSDOS
	  OSTYPE_WIN3	    - Windows 3.1 or earlier
	  OSTYPE_WIN95	    - Windows 95
	  OSTYPE_WIN98	    - Windows 98
	  OSTYPE_WINME	    - Windows ME
	  OSTYPE_WINNT	    - Windows NT
	  OSTYPE_WIN2000    - Windows 2000
	  OSTYPE_WINXP	    - Windows XP
	  OSTYPE_WIN2003    - Windows 2003
	  OSTYPE_WINVISTA   - Windows Vista
	  OSTYPE_OS2	    - OS/2
	  OSTYPE_WARP	    - OS/2 Warp 3
	  OSTYPE_DOSEMU     - Linux DOSEMU
	  OSTYPE_OPENDOS    - Caldera OpenDOS
	  OSTYPE_LINUX	    - Linux
	  OSTYPE_SUNOS	    - SunOS/Solaris
	  OSTYPE_FREEBSD    - FreeBSD
	  OSTYPE_NETBSD     - NetBSD
	  OSTYPE_IRIX	    - IRIX
	  OSTYPE_DARWIN     - Darwin
	  OSTYPE_QNX	    - QNX
	  OSTYPE_UNIX	    - Unknown Unix variant
	  OSTYPE_BEOS	    - BeOS
	  OSTYPE_MACOS	    - MacOS
	  OSTYPE_MACOSX     - MacOS X

SEE ALSO

       allegro_init(3alleg4), os_version(3alleg4), os_multitasking(3alleg4)

Allegro 							   version 4.4.2						  os_type(3alleg4)