Charles - Is the 'buffer overflow' vulnerability still an issue or is that ancient history? I never quite understood how it could be exploited - I cannot imagine how such an attack could make it past a firewall or even a router anyhow... It was one of my former IT bosses big excuse for not using implementing Linux anywhere.
And can you guide me to an up-to-date ISO image for a "live BSD Unix"? [The BSD logo is the little demon (my guess - a visual acronym for 'daemon')?] The only repositories I could find were at least two years old. I think it would be cool to eventually make a PC work "just like a Mac". (It brings to mind an image of the stuffy PC guy in the Mac commercial being moved around like a puppet by the Mac guy). -WaV On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Charles Goldsmith <wo...@justfamily.org> wrote: > As Quitna stated, her new computer came with Vista, and most computer > manufacturers aren't developing XP drivers anymore. So with some > computers (especially laptops), you can't even downgrade to XP. > > Work gave me a laptop with Vista, I haven't had any problems with it, > just having to learn where things are. Wireless support (for my job) > is a pain, I've been fighting the security for its wireless all week. > > I have a mac here at home, I love it. I also have an XP box too, but > I use my mac more. I love not having to worry about spyware, rootkits > and anti-virus for the mac. It's possible that we'll get that stuff > in the future, but I doubt it. Mac OSX is based on BSD UNIX, and > using the UNIX file security, it should be pretty virus proof. > > Charles > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Don Cooper <wavyca...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hmmm - maybe you should try Apple OS X.. > > -WaV > > > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:58 PM, <qui...@clearwire.net> wrote: > >> > >> Vista was loaded on a computer I bought ( the old clunker died) and I > was > >> not sure I would like it but I would not go back to XP now. > >> Quinta > > >
