Wally,You will find there are games for Linux that Windows does not have that are more fun.david
--- On Sun, 12/26/10, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: From: Roy <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Emachines D 3315 full with Freespire Linx Xp To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, December 26, 2010, 1:08 PM Don't let the XP fool you. Freespire is Linux that is made to resemble XP. That means as Linux it cannot run Windows applications natively. Instead it runs Linux applications. An analogy would be the Mac. It has its own file system, and runs applications meant to run on it exclusively. The same can be said for Linux. All Freespire has done is change the look and feel to make Windows users feel more at home. Sorry if this disappoints you. The downside of Freespire is that it is as outdated as XP itself is. Its parent company was bought out years ago and it has languished since. It is not representative of Linux today or yesterday because it tried to pretend that the user was running Windows. Linux is different. It is better. It does not need antivirus software. It does not need defragmenting. It does not need rebooting. It can run for months and years without a reboot. best of all, it is free. In both senses of the word. You can give it away. You can change it any way you want because the license is open. My advice is to either install real XP if you want Windows or to get a recent version of a good distribution and try Linux out for yourself. Roy Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit Location: Canada On 25 December 2010 19:38, wally <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Now that I have it on my computer how do I put my favoriets programs on it? > As a newbie to linux is there any other things I should know? Like what kind > of anti virus or fire wall? > Thanks, I am sure I'll be back with more Questions. > Wally > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
