I literally laughed at this one. Keep these posts coming. How many people are here? Do you know that we (newbies) are *passionately reading all the techie stuffs and craps. From school I always look forward to opening my *Plug label (not folder anymore--gmail). This is a 5-unit course (lec and lab). Demn I would not trade this for ragna.
prem On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 17:25:43 +0800, Andy Sy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OT because this is more about Windows than Linux, but > I think some people might be interested in the environment > comparison. > > Holden Hao wrote: > > > What applications do you have on WinXP? I recall that I had Win98 > > boxes before that were "stable enough" but the applications installed > > were minimal. I guess normal users who do not practice prudence in > > the type of software they install in their systems would not have > > the same experience as you have. > > You can stuff your Windoze PC with as many apps and drivers as > you like, 2K and especially XP, will do a good job of protecting > the system even if you are Administrator (which is essentially what > you want to be running as unless you're a bloody masochist). > > I just don't like their automagical way of doing it, since when > things do go wrong (as they almost inevitably will except it just > takes a long time and the impact is usually a lot less crippling > than it used to be on Windows 9x), you are at a loss as to how to > fix it. > > You trade off the loss of low-level awareness and control (which > you would have with a proper Linux distro like Slackware, Debian > or Gentoo) with the convenience of an vastly more application-rich > environment and a somewhat prettier, friendlier, more consistent > desktop. > > Oh yeah, two more cons of Windoze are you gotta part with a lot of > hard-earned moolah and MS' activation process is a biatch such that > even if you have a legit key, you will often feel that a raped > version is still more convenient to use. > > For your 'Doze system to stay stable requires some safe practices > and alterations to the default way of doing things (something I > believe users of 'Window-fied' distros like RedHat and Mandrake > also have to go through to some extent) like: > > #1. DON'T use Outlook Express and Internet Exploder. I use > Mozilla and Firefox for all my mail, news, browsing needs. They > are already far ahead of the Microsoft alternatives in terms > of features. > > #2. DON'T ever install ActiveX controls unless abso-f*king-lutely > necessary (like if your bank's lame online site requires you to > install an ActiveX plugin). And even then keep in mind what > you allowed to install, so you can track culprits if problems > later arise. > > #3. Use a real firewall, not the built-in one - Sygate seems pretty > ok... or even better, use a hardware firewall. > > #4. Be conscientious about security patches. With a firewall, you > can get away with not updating for months, but when a virulent > threat comes along that attacks an unpatched exploit on your > machine, you better make sure you don't accidentally turn off > your firewall for even a few seconds. > > I have observed it took all of 45 seconds for an unpatched > PC to get attacked with Blaster once it got on the net. Firewall > was up, but I didn't recognize the firewall message for what it was > and accidentally typed yes to an RPC and a TFTP connection request. > I got Blaster infected in an instant, but luckily I recognized it for > what it was and cleanly removed all traces of it within a few > minutes... > > #5. I actually believe that an antivirus program is kind of redundant > nowadays. Virtually all virus attacks are from email attachments, > so as long as you're not clueless enough to click on 'em, your > antivirus program will not really be of use. > > > > > -- > reply-to: a n d y @ n e t f x p h . c o m > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- I eat freedom. http://premrara.com -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
