@dragonmouth,

Thank you for sharing your feedback, and I appreciate your honesty. You’re absolutely right that the article hasn’t been updated in quite some time, and I understand your concerns regarding outdated information.

The challenge here is that the availability of free antivirus software for Linux is extremely limited, and many of the previously listed tools are either discontinued or no longer actively maintained. Unfortunately, this makes it difficult to provide a meaningful update without significantly reducing the list or compromising its relevance.

That said, I value your input and will revisit the article to see how we can better reflect the current state of antivirus solutions for Linux. If you have any specific recommendations or insights into active tools, I’d love to hear them!

Thank you again for bringing this to my attention and for being an engaged reader of Tecmint.

“I always correct articles based on the user suggestions”

No, you don’t. Just of the top of my head, there is the article about “8 Best AV Programs for Linux“. Out of the 8, only one is an active AV. Two or three others are no longer in existence, one is not an AV and the rest have not been updated in years.

This article remained as originally written for quite a few years even though readers have corrected you several times. I personally have brought it to your attention on two separate occasions.

This is nothing personal. Just please do not make absolute statements.

You can edit grub.cfg as you want.
Usually, I mount /boot as read-only.

@Steve,

To change the UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) of a Linux partition, you can use the tune2fs command.

1. First check the current UUID of the partition using the blkid command.

sudo blkid /dev/sdXY

2. To change or set the new UUID for the partition use the tune2fs command.

sudo tune2fs /dev/sdXY -U new_uuid

3. Confirm that the UUID has been changed by running the blkid command again.

sudo blkid /dev/sdXY

4. If the partition is mounted at boot time using the /etc/fstab file, you may need to update the entry with the new UUID.

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Replace the old UUID with the new UUID in the corresponding line and reboot the system.