Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread ar018
> ~$ apt-cache search marble > marble - globe and map widget > marble-data - data files for Marble > marble-maps - globe and map widget for mobile form factors > marble-plugins - plugins for Marble > marble-qt - globe and map widget (no KDE dependencies) While this list might look over crowded

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread Mason Hock
> I don't want to go to the local computer shop and say "Please install > Trisquel and the above software", when these software are already available > on the Trisquel operating system Add/Remove Applications list by default. You shouldn't have to pay someone to help you with basic usage of your

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread ar018
> I don't know about Stacer In case you can't locate it through Synaptic, here is an installation how-to: https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-stacer-monitoring-optimising-tool-linux/

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread onpon4
That device also is locked down by DRM, so no. You would be best off not using Kindle e-books and getting paper books instead, or e-books in a libre, non-DRM-encumbered format (e.g. ePub) if possible. Defective By Design has a rather lengthy list here:

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread onpon4
> BTW I don't know whether Synaptic itself is installed by default. It is. Its entry is under "System Settings".

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread ar018
> ~$ apt-cache search evince There was a typo. For clamav it should be "~$ apt-cache search clam" Sorry for the confusion.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread ar018
> Where is it possible to find the list of Trisquel > software that comes by default like i.e. LibreOffice? > This to avoid to install LibreOffice twice, when this > software is already provided on Trisquel by default. I am not a Trisquel user so I cannot give you the list you are asking for.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread foreign . mail
Magic Banana, many thanks for the warning about the Amazon Kindle reader. As Amazon Kindle reader is malware, does a Linux based Kindle reader exist?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread foreign . mail
Hello onpon4, thank you very much for your advice. I really appreciate it.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread Mason Hock
Sorry, I misread your question. onpon4's answer is the correct one. On 01/24, Mason Hock wrote: > > Where is it possible to find the list of Trisquel software that > > comes by default like i.e. LibreOffice? > > Most graphical applications will appear under Add/Remove Applications, with > some

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread foreign . mail
Hello mason, thank you very much for your response and advice. To work on my notebook I need to install the Applications below: -driver for printer, -BleachBit -Brasero -ClamAV Antivirus -Evince (PDF files reader) -Kindle reader for Linux -LibreOffice -Marble (World maps) -Stacer -Translate

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread onpon4
All package manager frontends, including Add/Remove Applications, show whether or not any given program is installed. Even if you use the command-line to request the installation of a program you already have installed, it will see that it's already installed and tell you that. So no

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread Mason Hock
> Where is it possible to find the list of Trisquel software that > comes by default like i.e. LibreOffice? Most graphical applications will appear under Add/Remove Applications, with some exceptions. If an application does not appear there, search for it in Synaptic Package Manager. Synaptic

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread foreign . mail
Thank you very much to JabJabs, garfilth, onpon4 and Magic Banana for your very important and priceless advice. I really appreciate it. onpon4 writes "Remember that any new software should be installed through the software repository, and this is easily your greatest protection on a system

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread onpon4
> once I download Trisquel 7 on my notebook, should I copy all my files once again on the Trisquel 7 Documents folder? That's fine. Any viruses there won't work on GNU/Linux, but if you're concerned about what might happen to Windows users, you can scan with ClamAV (the ClamTK package,

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread foreign . mail
A friend of mine has a Windows 7 based notebook, which extended support (updates) end on January 14, 2020 as explained at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7. As Windows 8 and Windows 10 are a privacy nightmare, my friend decided to move from Windows 7 to Trisquel 7 and asked me the

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread gnugaz77
You can get ClamAV for windows but it is done by 3rd parties.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Trisquel 7 operating system and Windows based viruses

2018-01-24 Thread jabjabs
Depends on what you are doing. If you are passing files over to people still using Windows then it would just be a good will to scan for any issues - these viruses would would have come into the system externally than be infected via Trisquel. I do not know of any Libre AV for Windows so I