On 2009-07-02 04:34 Alias wrote:[color=blue]
> Vlad-the-Impaler wrote:[color=green]
>> "Alias" <iamaliasTAKETHIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:h2f4f0$q8d$2@news.eternal-september.org...[color=darkred]
>>> Vlad-the-Impaler wrote:
>>>> Alias wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Eustace wrote:
>>>>>> I just uninstalled the McAffee Security Center that came with my
>>>>>> laptop
>>>>>> and installed AVG antivirus instead. Is there anything else I need
>>>>>> to do
>>>>>> to complete the basic protection of my system?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> emf
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, format your hard drive to get rid of Windows and move up to a
>>>>> real
>>>>> operating system that doesn't require anti virus or anti malware
>>>>> programs. I recommend Ubuntu as it is really user friendly. Get it
>>>>> FREE
>>>>> at [url]http://www.ubuntu.com/[/url]. Not only is it free, it comes with
>>>>> access to
>>>>> thousands of free programs like Firefox, Open Office, Thunderbird and
>>>>> much, much more.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ububutu isn't Free.
>>>
>>> Yes it is.
>>>
>>>> You charge for it.
>>>
>>> No, I don't. I charge for *installing* it.
>>>[/color]
>>
>> They pay you to stick the CD in the tray?[/color]
>
> And setting up the /, /home and /swap along with installing the programs
> they want and teaching them how to use Ubuntu.
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>> I have a hard time believing that.[/color]
>
> Considering YOU made it up ...
>[color=green]
>> Do they know that's all you do?[/color]
>
> Considering that's not all that I do ...[color=green]
>>
>> Still, they are paying for ububutu, not your worthless time.[/color]
>
> No, they are paying me to install Ubuntu for them, just like someone who
> would pay to have Windows installed.
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>>
>> If you have the names/addresses of any of those nitwits, I'll buy them
>> from you.
>> I can get hold of stuff that gets sucked out of septic tanks, I'm sure
>> they would buy some.[/color]
>
> You're too busy spewing it here.
>
> Alias[/color]

In my newsreader only the last message appears, one level down from my
original message. I am wondering what else I've been missing...

Anyway, when I was using my Win 98 machine I was thinking of trying
Linux with my next computer when I would have more hard drive space.

When, however, got my XP machine, I found it much more satisfactory, and
have been hesitating ever since to get involved with something that
would require me to spend extra time learning a new system when doing so
does not seem imperative. There are always new things to learn
concerning computers, languages and staff (html, css, javascript, new
programs...). Now first I still have to transfer to Java several (for
personal use) programs I have written in Qbasic starting from the early
90s which I still occasionally use and which now I cannot run in
Vista... And it would be a good idea to go through a book about OOo, to
which I finally switched from WP a couple of years ago. So trying Linux
will have to wait for some time in the indefinite future, or until for
some reason it appears necessary.

emf

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