02-15-2011, 01:28 AM | #31 |
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Not to get off topic, and I know Linux is making great strides in this area, but have you ever installed Windows 7? It's quick and incredibly simple and takes almost no user interaction. It's nothing like XP was. People do forget that XP is a 10 year old OS, and so comparisons of it to any modern OS aren't going to be particularly relevant. That said, I like many of the new Linux builds these days and love the competetion in the OS market as it benefits everyone.
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02-15-2011, 02:19 AM | #32 | |
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with Windows. As to the skills and knowledge needed to operate a computer running under Windows, it certainly has not been beyond the capabilities of a vast number of users. Simple and free AntiVirus software is, and has been available for some time now. Again, in all the years of my use, of Windows operating systems, I have never encountered this "nightmare". The only ones I have even heard make the claim that some lack of security features in Windows cause them problems, are ex-windows users who are now activists for some other OS. Many people have been convinced that there is such a problem out there and jump to the conclusion that any performance hit must be a virus. For the most part, you have to invite the infected data onto your system for it to appear there. For some it is easier to blame the OS than look at their own contribution to the situation. Luck; Ken |
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02-15-2011, 02:20 AM | #33 |
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Basically when it comes to installing, both Win7 and Ubuntu 10.10 really have boiled down now to the bare minimum. Both are incredibly easy to install.
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02-15-2011, 02:29 AM | #34 |
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Microsoft have finally decided to perhaps do something...at least for XP users...
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/247616...n-for-usb.aspx |
02-15-2011, 07:31 AM | #35 |
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I think the ultimate and best solution will be if some of the rumors of Windows 8 are true and the OS becomes locked down against any application changes of any type and legacy apps are supported through built in virtualization technologies. It sure seems to be the directiton they are going. If they do this well, then Windows will become dramatically more secure and stable by default, and much less prone to long term performance issues. I'm certainly hoping this turns out to be true.
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I personally don't care about my contribution to the situation. This isn't the 90's anymore. I'm not interested in dinking around with a computer just for the fun of it. I buy computers in order to do some series of tasks. I just want my stuff to work. For me, Windows can manage that in most but not all situations. Where it can't, I found another solution. If your setup works for you then I'm happy for you. That doesn't mean Windows doesn't have some security issues that other OSes simply don't have (and vice versa). It just means that you've managed to avoid them (and for a long time at that). |
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Second, you condescendingly insinuate that Linux users tend to be activists, in the perjorative sense of the term, who, in their wanton mendacity, unjustly smear the windows operating system by appealing to the boogyman. This is not true either. I use windows on one machine and but, in general, I prefer Linux for most daily tasks, especially on my low-wattage boxes. Look at it this way, I have every right to recommend Linux as a viable alternative or supplement for those who have trouble with windows--and if I exercise that right it does not immediately warrant the inference that I am either stupid or a liar. I can tell that you like to call things as you see them so I hope that you don't mind me doing the same. No hard feelings. |
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Granted, a virus can pretend to be a legit process (and they often do - I remember the Win Uninstaller nasty some people were hit with on XP), but many times it's just a bit of code that ran into a conflict or got corrupted somehow. It's not always the end of the world. I used to use Avast, but switched to MSE on my Vista machines because it seems to run faster with less overhead. (My experience is the opposite on my XP machine, even with the same amount of RAM.) I also like the fact that I don't have to hear from it unless it actually needs me to do something, though to be fair, Avast now has a "game mode" that will accomplish almost the same thing. |
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I have personally never heard of a Kindle virus nor have I ever heard of a kindle spreading any virus to a Mac or a PC in any way. The troubble is that the kindle does not use any version of Mac OS or Windows, therefore a virus needs to be specifically written for a Kindle and this has not happned as yet.
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I suppose I should feel gratified that a fellow Texan is getting so much out of my posts,
in fact finding so much more than is even written there. I should also congratulate him for being able to use logic to overcome the assumption that he invented, and attributed to me. But I immodestly, still prefer my posts to mean what I have actually written in them. No hard feelings; Ken |
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And really, compiz is just too cool: Ok, now I am starting to act like a Linux evangelist! Last edited by v1k1ng1001; 02-16-2011 at 12:22 AM. |
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