HI
You OLD GUYS are the best... Marvin On 10/12/10, drew wymore <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I suspect some answers are on www.pdxlinux.org, but I'm getting >> timeout errors. >> >> I'm a senior citizen migrating to *nix whose last formal course >> work used 026's and line printers for I/O. My personal systems >> have progressed from CPM80 (Digital Research) thru Win 3.1 to >> WinXP Pro. Some of my personal preferences are shaped by that. >> >> I have Ubuntu 10.10 up and running in test mode from a USB drive. >> >> My first impression is that the default installation suffers from >> the same problems as Windows - trying to be "all things to all >> people" while NOT supplying some specific tools that I want. >> >> Question 1. >> While keeping the default configuration available, can I have a >> massively pruned configuration be my typical boot? >> >> Question 2. >> While browsing files available thru the default desktop, one >> seemed to say that internet access via an external RS-232 dial up >> modem was not available with standard drivers. BUT when browsing >> the descriptions of installed software it appeared that pppcfg >> (IIRC) handled that. I'm confused. > > That will let you configure dial up but there needs to be > drivers/modules for the actual hardware which may not be part of the > default install depending on your hardware. > >> >> Question 2a. >> I didn't spot any reference to firewalls or ant-virus tools. Is >> that accomplished in a different manner in the Linux world? >> > > IPTables is the firewall, it's part of the kernel. You can download a > GUI to configure it easier if you like. A/V can be handled by Clam AV > and I'm sure there are others. > > >> Question 3. >> I wish to end up with >> GUI - exists >> Open Office - exists >> Tcl/Tk - have appropriate executables on CD? >> Scilab/SciosLab - will have to download >> SeaMonkey - have strong preference for the suite approach >> dial-up access with firewall and virus protection - *HOW* ? >> >> I'll leave the games,and sound/movie players as they will be >> occasional used and see minimal benefit to removing them. >> >> Suggestions? >> Am I on the appropriate list? >> Recommended sites other than www.pdxlinux.org? >> What are productive Google search terms? >> > > You are on the appropriate list and most importantly Welcome to Linux :-) > >> Thank you. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
