[AT] OT - Spyware problems

[David Bruce]

Fedora Core (supported heavily by Red Hat - works as a test bed for new 
ideas for Red Hat.  I would move to FC full time if I could find 
programs to interface my digital camera and my camcorder.  Thar said I'm 
like you in that I don't have a lot of problems with Windows - I just 
don't like IE or Outlook Express since they are tied in so closely with 
Windows (that increases the chances of having a virus or spyware 
problem).  Also my ISP has gone to an authentication process for sending 
email and I haven't been able to get any Linux or Win 98 program to work 
with the authentication.
David
NW NC


charlie hill wrote:
> David, you should be a Red Hat man!
>
> Charlie
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>> 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
>>>
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