Philippe Landau wrote:
I was wondering something. I went out and got a lot of distros to
try them all out and see which one I would like best. I did all the
biggies, but all of them were buggy, crashed, froze or lost data. I
data loss ?
how did this happen ?
you are the second to mention this today.
I meant that the other distros had the problems. In fact, one of them
crashed entirely after I installed it and was configuring my panel!
LOL! That was the new Ubuntu 5.04 or whatever it was. People like
that thing?
no, but they love it :-)
it's a religious thing ;-)
well no, many users do what you do: try and then stick with
what gives them less problems.
Yes, all hardware is working correctly, and all I have left now is to
load another program that will allow me to use a printer - my old
Lexmark Z11. The software I am missing that I would like is Wine,
Wine is in the easyurpmi sources.
Crossover Office, I would like my Kstars planetarium back and then I
could use my good old Firestarter firewall (by the way, is the stock
firewall with Mandrake really effective?). There are a few more on my
10.1 disc, but again I am afraid to screw up this rock solid install
of 2005 Limited Edition.
Kstars looks great.
i don't know why i don't find it in my sources.
whether a firewall is effective depends mainly on its configuration.
except if you are particularly exposed it is better to have it
in an external router.
One other question, is it necessary to run a second firewall &
antivirus program on Mandrake? I am so used to it with Windows, do
you need it really with Linux? Is spyware a problem with Linux and
are there programs for Linux to prevent and remove spyware?
Adobe Reader enables spyware,
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