Linux does not need to pass a poster assessment, as neither does Mac. All you have to do is open your favorite browser and try to go somewhere, login with your RYID and password and it will let you on.
Robert LeBlanc Life Sciences & Undergraduate Education Computer Support Brigham Young University On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Timothy Wood <tim.wood...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey UUGers (can I call you all that?), > > I've been busy the last couple days moving in and starting classes for this > Spring semester. Can't wait to meet you guys, when are we having a > meeting? > > Anyway, I had fun attempting to set up my internet access in my dorm, I had > to > get through the system scan (which scans for Microsoft Updates and > up-to-date > Antivirus software). Had to go back to Windows, and try to update it from > all > the way back whenever the last time I used it was. Et cetera... I did > pass > the scan and my internet works fine, but doesn't IT require me to do it > again > next Sunday and every Sunday after? I'd have to go out of my way to get > back > into Windows, update, then log back in every day, and I'd rather do it on > Linux. > > Since I don't want to have to go through this Windows hassle if I don't > have > to, is there a way to satisfy the check if I'm on Linux (Kubuntu)? Is > there > some fancy Wine setup that will get me by? I keep Kubuntu updated, and I > can > install ClamAV if antivirus is so required. > > Can a Linux user survive at BYU without Microsoft Windows or is resistance > futile? :) > > Timothy Wood > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list >
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