On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 10:24, Bill wrote: > Linux is connected to the Internet. > > I loaded Mandrake Linux on a dual boot system. Mandrake would not read XP > files so I loaded Xandros Linux on top of Mandrake. Xandros took over most > of the Mandrake file space but not all. > > I then tried to use a usb drive and the system froze.
Bill, It sounds like you had some damage done to your file system when the usb drive crashed your machine. I've had some issues with usb drives completely hanging the system, mainly flash card readers. Sometimes when a Linux box goes down hard, files will be lost, and sometimes those files belong to things like Evolution, making the applications act strangely. (lock and state files are a big culprit here, and hunting then down can be annoying) It sounds like the friend who notified you that Norton said you sent a virus was probably fooled by one of the many Microsoft worms that pretend to send emails from random sources (like Josh said). Some thoughts of mine: 1) Don't compute as root, create a normal user account and use that 2) Save $40, you don't need a Virus scanner for Linux 3) I love Evolution and use it daily, but I'll admit I've ran into some strange problems with it. You may want to consider Sylpheed-Claws or Mozilla Thunderbird if you just need email (no calendaring). 4) I have also had problems with auto-updaters nuking my entire package collection. I don't know if this is a strange Xanderos thing or not, I've never ran that. This may be a bug in Xanderos' update program. Perhaps not so much help, but I think it is good to know that others have had similar problems, and it is not usually because of a malicious program. -- Mark C. Ballew [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sublinear.net http://markballew.com PGP: 0xB2A33008 AIM: pdx110 "I wish those people just would be quiet," -- Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, complaining about computer security researchers.
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