Re: [SLE] Not So Fast: Linux on the Desktop

From: Pieter Hulshoff (phulshof_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 06/12/04

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Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 22:27:37 +0200

    On Saturday 12 June 2004 21:44, Scott Leighton wrote:
    > On Saturday 12 June 2004 12:13 pm, John Andersen wrote:
    > > And XP is?
    > > You mean the same XP that will be infected within 15 minutes
    > > of putting it on the net right out of the box?
    > And that has exactly what to do with anything?

    I'm sorry, but I have to agree with John here. I got a Dell Windows XP machine
    (no, it was for someone else), installed by Dell and ready to use. I hooked
    it up to the internet; 5 minutes later it started rebooting. If it wasn't for
    the fact that I knew what to be looking for (the infamous virus of course;)
    I'd have been in deep s**t. It took me about 3 hours to get everything in
    working order again. Now imagine being an unexperienced user, and you've
    bought that Dell computer. How would you feel about your 'user experience'
    with MS Windows XP?

    Regards,

    Pieter Hulshoff 

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