�( system for DOS stuff. This MMX-233 system will remain pristine, and Arachne will be used for all e-mail applications. I've been assured by some that there *are* "safe" e-mail programs out there for dozerware, but I prefer Arachne -- it is well behaved.
As to Linux ... I really don't have time for the learning curve. I can no longer use Arachne for 90% of the stuff I do on the www; I'm forced into dozer ware or Linux with some X-box of some sort AFAIK. I can more or less handle dozerware; I cannot handle Linux. If I were to skip Win98SE and go straight to Linux, there would be a too long period of my not being able to do what I want/need to do on the web. I am dependent upon my computer ... I shop via computer, I get telephone numbers and maps to businesses [I can't justify paying $1.99 for 00=Information], I buy on eBay, and soon will be selling off collectibles and family heirlooms so I can get work done on my pickup truck and set aside a little bit of emergency money. I cannot not have web access. After I have the dozerware working well enough, I can then start looking into PM & mulitple OS boot options. When I get a handle on that, I then can finally learn Linux. Why on earth a 60yo dame who can't hold a job feels the need to learn a new OS may be a valid question ... but I want to learn it. <G> For one thing, I want to set up a better network here than the "hub to cable modem, no proxy" setup I'll have to begin with. And if Linux finally starts to get an edge on M$, I might actually be able to make a few bucks if I've learned enough ... Hey, anything is possible! <G> l.d. ==== On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 15:04:36 -0600, anarkisseD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 02:06 PM 4/10/2002, you wrote: >> I want to protect it against itself! <G> I want to boot to DOS without >> having to use F8. I want to make certain any "messaging" software >> doesn't open up a back door that others can send files through. etc etc >> I hate M$ ... I really REALLY hate Microsoft. >> l.d. > Well then, DONT USE IT. Why on earth would you try to install, then > disable an operating system? <snip> -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
