I want to switch entirely to open source software. where and how shouldI
begin?
Rick Maninov wrote:
Have a look:http://www.linux.org/dist/list.htmlAnd there are considerable
differences!!Windows? MS-DOS, v1-3.11, 95, 98, 98 afterthought, ME,NT, 2K, XP
and various subsets for cellphones,
Thanks for the tip. why do they expect me topay for linux? or spend any
money for that matter? people tell me thatlinux is free. anyone know where I
can get a free copy of linux Suse?thanks for the tip.
Rick Maninov wrote:
There are dozens of variations of Linux, all havetheir particular
I seem to remember you thanked me only a month of so ago, for passing on that
site, when you were dealing with a problem.
Scaremongering? Not at all. Why would you want to suppress information?.
It was offered in good faith for those with interest to follow up at the link
provided.
Unsubs
Scaremongering! If you examine that list in detail
(which I haven't) you will find that many items have
already been patched by default.
If you want to sleep nights, I suggest you unsubscribe
from that website ASAP :)
Rick
--- Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Secunia offers this list today
Secunia offers this list today:
Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/
UNIX/Linux:
[SA15043] Fedora update for HelixPlayer
[SA15028] SUSE update for realplayer
[SA15018] Gentoo update for mplayer
[SA15014] MPlayer RTSP and MMST Streams Buffer Overflow
OK where do I get linux Suse? I want to loadit and bring it to CD and use
it as my OS.
Rick Maninov wrote:
There are dozens of variations of Linux, all havetheir particular following! I
have tried Mandrake, RedHat, Xandros, Knoppix and always come back to Suse.The
latter is probably the
Alan,
> Ah now I understand your hostility to Linux, you had a bad experience in
> your younger days
Not just my younger days, or those of Linux, I keep retrying it and finally
give up because I can't do anything useful. I play the nice tile game for
awhile and just uninstall Linux. I know t
--- No6 wrote:
>
>
> Ah now I understand your hostility to Linux, you had
> a bad experience in
> your younger days and are now "Linux traumatised" :(
> I would recommend
> councelling and a therapeutic course of rest and
> recuperation
ROTFLMLinuxO
:-)))
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Style points for a Prisoner reference on an IT forum!
Ah now I understand your hostility to Linux, you had a bad experience in
your younger days and are now "Linux traumatised" :( I would recommend
councelling and a therapeutic course of rest and recuperation at The
Village, Portmeiri
Why don't you go ask the millions of people that voted for him? ;)
PWPC's
Armitage Shanks wrote:
>
> "JIM" wrote
>
> > They believed in, I think, 'better the devil
> > you know than the devil you don't'.
>
> Isn't that why George Dubya won the last election ? ;-)
>
> Armitage
[Non-text porti
Good evening Jim
I said
>>cold steel to the badger in which case neither of you are going to win
>> the argument.
you replied
>>Depends on how you interpret the argument. If you are a proponent of
the ... snip
LOL Jim the statement inferred you and Rick both had beards "cold steel
to the b
"JIM" wrote
> They believed in, I think, 'better the devil
> you know than the devil you don't'.
Isn't that why George Dubya won the last election ? ;-)
Armitage
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--- Jo Handy wrote:
>
> Thank you Rick, sorry just want to clarify this , so
> the Xandros boot loader
> is the one that gives you the choice of which
> operating system to boot to ?
That is correct! You can enter the boot configuration
in Xandros and also set which OS you wish to auto-boot
w
ds
Jo
- Original Message -
From: "Rick Maninov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Ghost emails?
>
> Hello Jo,
>
> I have two hard drives; drive one with Xandros 2.5 and
> XP and the other Suse. Xandro
Hello Jo,
I have two hard drives; drive one with Xandros 2.5 and
XP and the other Suse. Xandros is the default OS at
start-up as the bios is set to boot from drive 1. On
start-up I am presented with a list of available
operating systems and choose the one I fancy at that
time :-))
Rick
--- Jo
Rick, which boot loader did you use to triple boot with ?
I'm about to install Fedora alongside Xp and Xandros.
~
Kindest Regards
Jo
>
> I don't know where you live but if you Google for Suse
> 9.2 you should have several options and make sure you
> ask for a bootable CD (
I don't know where you live but if you Google for Suse
9.2 you should have several options and make sure you
ask for a bootable CD (or DVD) to make installation
easier.
You can install as a dual boot with Windows and in
fact my PC is triple boot with Suse, Xandros and XP!!
Rick
--- Symonds Bre
Great ! so where do I get Suse linux? I want to getit right away.
Rick Maninov wrote:
Modern Linux is easy to use and you don't ever have todefrag ever!!Suse Linux
9.2 is free so nothing to loose and 'looks'just like Windows :))Rick--- Tigger
wrote:
Now if Linux was easier to lear
Just joined this groups hey porcelain?
Janet
- Original Message -
From: "Armitage Shanks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Nice one numero seis! I just lurve this group!!
>
> AS
>
> --- No6 wrote:
>>
>> OK Jim, most of us here don't have a clue about what
>> you mean by that
>> last po
No6,
> OK Jim, most of us here don't have a clue about what you mean by that
> last post, sorry mate
Too bad, since I don't remember what I said.
> What we do know is that Rick likes Linux and
> you like M$,
If you mean that I amd an MS booster, it's not so. Windows is my reluctant
choice bec
Rick,,
> And there are considerable differences!!
> One thing about Linux is that you can use the open
> source software, adapt it and create your own OS and
> give it a name.
If the list of potential Linux users is small, the list of those who want or
can do that is microscopic.
Jim
If yo
Nice one numero seis! I just lurve this group!!
AS
--- No6 wrote:
>
> OK Jim, most of us here don't have a clue about what
> you mean by that
> last post, sorry mate :( What we do know is that
> Rick likes Linux and
> you like M$, but you aren't really a fan of M$ or
> something along tho
OK Jim, most of us here don't have a clue about what you mean by that
last post, sorry mate :( What we do know is that Rick likes Linux and
you like M$, but you aren't really a fan of M$ or something along those
lines so lets leave it at that, especially if you both don't take the
cold steel
Have a look:
http://www.linux.org/dist/list.html
And there are considerable differences!!
Windows? MS-DOS, v1-3.11, 95, 98, 98 afterthought, ME,
NT, 2K, XP and various subsets for cellphones, pocket
PCs and servers.
One thing about Linux is that you can use the open
source software, adapt it a
Rick,
> There are dozens of variations of Linux,
Yes and given that the interface is what users confront, I still say that
Linux is many operating system. I don't know whether there has been more
differences among the various interfaces than say among the various versions
of Windows.
Jim
There are dozens of variations of Linux, all have
their particular following! I have tried Mandrake, Red
Hat, Xandros, Knoppix and always come back to Suse.
The latter is probably the most Windows like, is easy
to install (if you accept all the default settings)
and easy to use. It comes 'bundled'
Symonds,
> a real OS is one that is reliable, stable, easyto use, inexpensive
> (sometimes free), doesn't needupdating every 12 hours and one that does
> not requireat least 5 anti-spyware/anti-virus/anti-trojanprograms running
> all the time :-))RickOh and yes, doesn't make the richest man in
I know very little about linux. I have heardgood things about mandrake.
what version of linux do you recommend.where's the best place to get info about
linux?
Rick Maninov wrote:
Jim, a real OS is one that is reliable, stable, easyto use, inexpensive
(sometimes free), doesn't needupdatin
Modern Linux is easy to use and you don't ever have to
defrag ever!!
Suse Linux 9.2 is free so nothing to loose and 'looks'
just like Windows :))
Rick
--- Tigger wrote:
>
> Now if Linux was easier to learn and use.I am not
> cutting Linux down, and i will use it on some older
> computers some
Greg,
> I guess my real OS needs more ram soon..lol... it keeps
> forgeting stuff and loses data
Blame the ram not the OS. :-)
Jim
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I guess my real OS needs more ram soon..lol... it keeps
forgeting stuff and loses data lol
Greg
I detect a level of pedanticality creeping in here!
Not sure how someone could use and not use something
but be able to tell the difference between them
anyway?
OK! A real OS is the human body! Bui
Greg,
> Now if Linux was easier to learn and use. I just find my set up with
> XP home easy to use and all my scans work auto and i do not send much time
> updating them. I have not had anything go work with this OS, other than
> needing defrags a lot
According to those who supposedly kno
than needing
defrags a lot as i download and delete a lot of stuff a day...
Greg
- Original Message -
From: Rick Maninov
To: A-1-Computer_Tech@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Ghost emails?
Jim, a real OS is one that is
Rick,
> Linux can be hard work but as a basic
> operating medium it is fine and would suit many people
> who just email and browse.
I'd guess that if they don't do much more than that they won't care whether
Windows is a good OS.
> The version I use is probably the most user friendly
> of all
It seems to me here that we are forgetting the overused freedoms, to choose,
whether informed or not.
I've seen the same outbursts about the difference between IE and Mozilla
browsers. I've seen the Mozilla and Firefox fans remind that they are less
vulnerable. Yet, ever increasingly I am see
Sorry Rupert, but could you repeat that please :)
A sonnet perchance?
Rick
--- Rupert Bear wrote:
>
> Well said young Rick :-))
>
> To use or not to use
> Pedantic or creeping OS
> Whether 't is nobler in the mind to suffer
> The slings and arrows of outrageous microshaft,
> Or to take arms
Jim, I accept your argument, but at the risk of boring
the pants off everyone else on the group, all I will
say is that yes, Linux can be hard work but as a basic
operating medium it is fine and would suit many people
who just email and browse.
The version I use is probably the most user friendly
Well said young Rick :-))
To use or not to use
Pedantic or creeping OS
Whether 't is nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous microshaft,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles with Linux,
And by opposing Microshaft them? To die: to sleep:
No more; and by a sleep to say
Rick,
> Not sure how someone could use and not use something
> but be able to tell the difference between them anyway?
Depends on what kind of difference you are talking about.
But what is important is not that there is a difference but
whether they know why there is a difference. Most people
wo
--- JIM wrote:
>
> I invite you to try again for a definition of a real
> OS that isn't just a
> variation on 'my OS is real'. Sometning that someone
> could use to tell the
> difference without using it.
>
I detect a level of pedanticality creeping in here!
Not sure how someone could use
Rick,
>, a real OS is one that is reliable, stable, easy
> to use, inexpensive (sometimes free), doesn't need
> updating every 12 hours
Using those criteria one can still choose his favorite and still think he is
right.
And they have nothing to do with being 'real'. What people need is some
obj
Jim, a real OS is one that is reliable, stable, easy
to use, inexpensive (sometimes free), doesn't need
updating every 12 hours and one that does not require
at least 5 anti-spyware/anti-virus/anti-trojan
programs running all the time :-))
Rick
Oh and yes, doesn't make the richest man in the worl
Rick,
> if I want a real OS I turn to my Linux machine :-))
And how do you define a 'real OS'?
Jim
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One has to be practical these days but if I want a
real OS I turn to my Linux machine :-))
Rick
--- Homer Loner wrote:
>
> Hi Rick:
>
> A refreshing breath of rationality--and
> practicality.
>
> Homer
>
> --- Rick Maninov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I agree that my OS is not in the
Hi Rick:
A refreshing breath of rationality--and practicality.
Homer
--- Rick Maninov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree that my OS is not in the first flush of
> youth
> but it does what I require so why change?
>
> Rick.
yahoo.com/resources/
>
Thanks Armitage, I will have a look see what is
installed that might do that.
I agree that my OS is not in the first flush of youth
but it does what I require so why change?
Rick.
--- Armitage Shanks wrote:
>
>
> Hi Rick just joined and think I may have the answer
> to your problem!
>
> Do y
Welcome to the group Armitage, I hope you don't play golf :(
I had a look at your siggy site, which one are you, Dick, Dave, Rod or Vic?
Old timers like Rick
prefer their old fashioned platforms, btw what OS do you use, XP or maybe WC?
My guess is that Rick is maybe using a prog like MW set to
Hi Rick just joined and think I may have the answer to your problem!
Do you have any software on your PC that automatically bounces
unwanted spam without you having to do anything? If so, that could be
the answer. Anyway, isnt it about time you updated to XP? 98 is seven
years ago :-)
HTHs
--- Janet wrote:
>
> It has occurred to me that your Norton might be
> delayed in sending outgoing scanned mails, but as I
> don't use Norton I may just be whistling a tune.
Good thought Janet but not that. BTW which tune had
you in mind?
>In the alternatively maybe it could be Tchaikovsky or
No, that's the first thing I checked!
And no, none of my symphonies are, as you put it, duff
:)
Rick
--- Rupert Bear wrote:
>
> In two words ... GET LINUX :-))
>
> Is there anything suspicious in your Sent Items
> folder ... apart from the odd duff symphony that is?
>
> Rupert
>
--
Power
It has occurred to me that your Norton might be delayed in sending outgoing
scanned mails, but as I don't use Norton I may just be whistling a tune. In
the alternatively maybe it could be Tchaikovsky or Wagner perhaps, or just that
you have been Brahmsed? ;-)
Janet
http://globechatters.net
In two words ... GET LINUX :-))
Is there anything suspicious in your Sent Items folder ... apart from the odd
duff symphony that is?
Rupert
>> original message or part thereof <<
On my 98se machine I have installed Norton Internet Security 2005.
This scans outgoing mail and a
On my 98se machine I have installed Norton Internet Security 2005.
This scans outgoing mail and a little pop-up window appears as it
does so.
At least twice today this window has popped up indicating an email is
being sent although I was not actually using the PC at the time.
I have scanned the
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