Re: I would love to try Linux...

From: jafar (jafar_at_fatcat.delicats.net)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 10:34:37 +0200

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:58:38 -0400, Peter wrote:

> Oh well, I give up, I guess Linux will always remain an OS for Gimps (or
> should I say chimps?)

Well, if you're too lazy to research the alternatives thats your loss. You
can remain locked into M$ hell, while the rest of us are quite happy being
away from all that.
BTW, according to an article at
http://www.flexbeta.net/main/articles.php?action=show&id=76
the new WINXP SP2 firewall is very insecure and can even be controlled by
external programs. That includes viruses and trojans!
I hope you have PAID for a commercial firewall. I suppose you could always
run LINUX on another old computer and use it as a firewall and gateway to
protect your precious M$ machine from becoming a SPAM zombie eh? ;)
But then again, you probably cant be bothered to learn how to do it. 

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