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Post by **Dale** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:41 pm

CNN Breaking News

-- A worm shut down computers running Windows 2000 software across the United States.

Scott McCallister · Post by **Scott McCallister** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:45 pm

you sure know how to stir it, Dale

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:47 pm

Linux

Erikpiper · Post by **Erikpiper** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:54 pm

Which linux distro?

http://distrowatch.com/

I use Mepis and Slackware.

jsluder · Post by **jsluder** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:57 pm

Here ya go, Dale:

(I figured you'd want a big Mac...)

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:09 pm

Erikpiper wrote:Which linux distro?

http://distrowatch.com/

I use Mepis and Slackware.

yep! that's one of the problems...

Erikpiper · Post by **Erikpiper** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:43 pm

Problems? I LOVE the choice!

I advise newbies to try mepis. You can even use it while you install! Software installation with synaptic is super easy too. Click on the software you want, hit apply, and voila!

I use mepis on my "It just works" laptop.

My desktp PC seems to get a new distro every week! But I keep slackware on constantly. (Multiple distros)

People- you can run Window$ AND Linux on the same machine. Just a selection at startup!

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:46 pm

I am usuing Windows right now and not having any problems.

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:51 pm

I've played with linux from time to time, the last couple of times using run from a cd distros. Knopix and......the other escapes me (dynabolix?). I keep running into a bug which affects typing. One letter or number being substituted for another. Then another will go haywire, until after a little while, the keyboard gets to be useless.

RonKiley · Post by **RonKiley** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:11 pm

I have never had a failure running windows XP Home. However I use up to date spy and virus software. There are few viruses written for Apple because the target is so small.

Ron

Erikpiper · Post by **Erikpiper** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:01 pm

vomitbunny wrote:I've played with linux from time to time, the last couple of times using run from a cd distros. Knopix and......the other escapes me (dynabolix?). I keep running into a bug which affects typing. One letter or number being substituted for another. Then another will go haywire, until after a little while, the keyboard gets to be useless.

Do you have a non US keyboard?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:40 pm

In general I'd agree. I'm fed up with my iBook G3 at the moment. It's been painfully sluggish for several weeks now. Not the broadband speed, that's ok. It's doing anything else--mouse response, program launching, scrolling--ouch, ouch, ouch--and Firefox keeps crashing.
This one is reaching it's 4-5 year planned obsolescence at age 2.

Erikpiper · Post by **Erikpiper** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:12 pm

Wait- Firefox on a mac?

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:18 pm

Erikpiper wrote:Wait- Firefox on a mac?

That would, of course, be Firefox for Mac! Has worked great until recently.

Erikpiper · Post by **Erikpiper** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:39 pm

I havent kept up with macs

Didn't know firefox was released for powerPC archetecture!

Try linux on your Ibook. Less "just works" But I find linux very simple, even though it is complicated. It just makes sense! Reliable too! If it works, it works, and wrks, and works