On Thursday 28 April 2005 04:38 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > Philippe Landau wrote: > >>>> I was wondering something. I went out and got a lot of distros to > >>>> try them all out and see which one I would like best. I did all the > >>>> biggies, but all of them were buggy, crashed, froze or lost data. I > >>> > >>> data loss ? > >>> how did this happen ? > >>> you are the second to mention this today. > >> > >> I meant that the other distros had the problems. In fact, one of them > >> crashed entirely after I installed it and was configuring my panel! > >> LOL! That was the new Ubuntu 5.04 or whatever it was. People like > >> that thing? > > > > no, but they love it :-) > > it's a religious thing ;-) > > well no, many users do what you do: try and then stick with > > what gives them less problems. > > > >> Yes, all hardware is working correctly, and all I have left now is to > >> load another program that will allow me to use a printer - my old > >> Lexmark Z11. The software I am missing that I would like is Wine, > > > > Wine is in the easyurpmi sources. > > > >> Crossover Office, I would like my Kstars planetarium back and then I > >> could use my good old Firestarter firewall (by the way, is the stock > >> firewall with Mandrake really effective?). There are a few more on my > >> 10.1 disc, but again I am afraid to screw up this rock solid install > >> of 2005 Limited Edition. > > > > Kstars looks great. > > i don't know why i don't find it in my sources. > > > > whether a firewall is effective depends mainly on its configuration. > > except if you are particularly exposed it is better to have it > > in an external router. > > > >> One other question, is it necessary to run a second firewall & > >> antivirus program on Mandrake? I am so used to it with Windows, do > >> you need it really with Linux? Is spyware a problem with Linux and > >> are there programs for Linux to prevent and remove spyware? > > > > Adobe Reader enables spyware, > > --------------------------------------- > Gee - I'VE USED Acrobat Reader for years As I understand it from what I have read, the Acrobat Reader 7 is the culprit and only if you add the "plugins". -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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