If the sysreq's are minimal on those old games, you could run them in a VM. Significantly fewer concerns over viruses then.
-- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Mark Wallace <[email protected]> wrote: > I put Windows back into one system so that my son could play some old games > from his sister's youth and he picked up the same virus twice in four weeks. > I won't let him go online in Windows. > > I wonder if you are more vulnerable to windows viruses if you duel boot > (because you are reaching across the partitions to get things) or if you use > Wine (it might run a windows virus) > > xe22 wrote: >> >> Mark Wallace wrote: >>> >>> And the beauty of Linux is that later, when you hear that everybody has >>> developed drivers and 64 bit edtions, you can upgrade on a rainy afternoon >>> for free. Just be sure to back up our data on a separate media. >>> -- >>> Robert Mark Wallace >>> 60 Delaware Road >>> Newburgh, New York 12550-3802 >>> Telephone: (845) 566-0586 >> >> Absolutely. The Linux system turned out to be much better and easier >> than I expected when I first got into it. The power is awesome. >> The majority does not know what they are missing. >> >> Louis >> _______________________________________________ >> Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org >> http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug >> >> Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium >> Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration >> Apr 7 - Nagios >> May 5 - Android > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration > Apr 7 - Nagios > May 5 - Android > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 3 - Sahana and 7 Years of MHVLUG Celebration Apr 7 - Nagios May 5 - Android
