[AT] OT - Spyware problems

[David Bruce]

The only problem I've found with various "flavors" of Linux is finding 
drivers for things such as digital cameras, camcorders, scanners and 
some printers.
I tried Ubuntu and it never was able to connect to the internet through 
my router although Fedora Core did (go figure).  Otherwise I liked 
Ubuntu and if spent some time researching the issue I'm sure I could 
find the problem and fix it.
I dumped IE and Outlook Express years ago on my Windows machine.  I use 
Seamonkey [similar to a combination of Firefox  (web browsing) and 
Thunderbird (email)] and offered by the same people.  Stops a lot of the 
viruses and spyware but not all. 
David
NW NC


Mike Sloane wrote:
> You really don't have to do much to get and use Linux. You can get 
> Ubuntu Linux for free, and it installs itself with very little effort 
> on your part and can run pretty much like Windowz (only better). The 
> distribution CD comes with just about any kind of application you 
> might need - Email, word processor, spreadsheet, "powerpoint", Web 
> browser, even some games. You can run it from the CD without touching 
> your machine, install it as a separate partition, replace your Windoz 
> system, or (what I did) install it on an older machine and fool with 
> it until I got comfortable with it. Go to <www.ubuntu.com> for more 
> information or just to to <www.shipit.ununtu.com> to order one or more 
> CDs. (it does take a few weeks for the CDs to arrive. I have it 
> running on an "older" 800 mhz machine that I picked up free from 
> someone who thought it was trashed. The only thing wrong with it was 
> that the hard drive was crammed with viruses and spyware. I 
> re-formatted the drive, installed Ubuntu, and it works fine.
>
> Mike
>