On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:15:41 GMT, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> Can you load the virus definitions from the 4th of April 2006 by Symantec?
They have a feature on their web site called an intelligent updater that
can load them in for you along with other updates, if you choose to use
symantec,
Regards,
Admin
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> On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:15:41 GMT, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
>
> > Can you load the virus definitions from the 4th of April 2006 by
Symantec?
>
> They have a feature on their web site called an intelligent updater that
> can load them in for you along with other updates, if you choose to use
> symantec,
>
> Regards,
>
> Admin
Thank you.
I could download them a while after writing this post.
I have some other questions:
1) Which softwares does Symantec sell for Windows 98
2) If I changed from Windows 98 into Linux, which Antivirus and Firewalls
would I need?
3) How long does it take to learn and use Linux?
4) Which FTP software do you recommend to upload and download safely files
to and from websites?
5) Is is possible to buy this software without using credit cards, that
means by invoice?
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>
> "Admins" <invalid@bogus.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> > On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:15:41 GMT, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> >
> > > Can you load the virus definitions from the 4th of April 2006 by
> Symantec?
> >
> > They have a feature on their web site called an intelligent updater that
> > can load them in for you along with other updates, if you choose to use
> > symantec,
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Admin
>
> Thank you.
> I could download them a while after writing this post.
> I have some other questions:
> 1) Which softwares does Symantec sell for Windows 98
> 2) If I changed from Windows 98 into Linux, which Antivirus and Firewalls
> would I need?
> 3) How long does it take to learn and use Linux?
> 4) Which FTP software do you recommend to upload and download safely files
> to and from websites?
> 5) Is is possible to buy this software without using credit cards, that
> means by invoice?
I am also interested to know about other Security systems than Symantec, not
only by Symantec.
"Luigi Donatello Asero" <jaggillarfotboll@telia.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Admins" <invalid@bogus.com> skrev i meddelandet
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>> On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:15:41 GMT, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
>>
>> > Can you load the virus definitions from the 4th of April 2006 by
> Symantec?
>>
>> They have a feature on their web site called an intelligent updater that
>> can load them in for you along with other updates, if you choose to use
>> symantec,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Admin
>
> Thank you.
> I could download them a while after writing this post.
> I have some other questions:
> 1) Which softwares does Symantec sell for Windows 98
I gave up on then a few years ago
> 2) If I changed from Windows 98 into Linux, which Antivirus and Firewalls
> would I need?
It is important to understand that linux is conceptually different from
windows. It is virtually impossible to have viruses, trojans or whatever
install themselves on a linux system. Things only happen when you tell them
to happen. This is different from the windows concept of allow everything so
that it is easy for the user. Security is built in, rather than added on
Most distributions have a firewall built in.
> 3) How long does it take to learn and use Linux?
Consider how long it took you to learn and use windows. I can not compare
this for myself, since I started using jcl on an IBM 360 back in the late
60's, and went through cp/m and dos.
For everyday working, the KDE desktop functions much like windows.
For system maintenance, you must learn to use abut a dozen command line
programs and utilities.
If you choose a good distribution (and I will not start the 'which one'
debate) you can be productive the same day.
One consideration for an easy transition is to get a second hard drive,
about 8 gigs is enough, put it in your system as slave, and use the linux
dual boot option. You can learn linux but still have your win98 system
available.
The major difference you will find is that it is a bit more difficult to
install new applications in linux than it is in windows, but you will learns
very quickly how to do it.
> 4) Which FTP software do you recommend to upload and download safely files
> to and from websites?
There are dozens of FTP clients out there - FTP is a security issue much
more for the server than the client
Both Netscape and IE will function as ftp clients
Linux distributions have several built in
> 5) Is is possible to buy this software without using credit cards, that
> means by invoice?
>
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>
> "Luigi Donatello Asero" <jaggillarfotboll@telia.com> wrote in message
> news:G4aVg.19101$E02.6869@newsb.telia.net...
> >
> > "Admins" <invalid@bogus.com> skrev i meddelandet
> > news:1issybh1fgqlw.x18sym13zfbd.dlg@40tude.net...
> >> On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:15:41 GMT, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> >>
> >> > Can you load the virus definitions from the 4th of April 2006 by
> > Symantec?
> >>
> >> They have a feature on their web site called an intelligent updater
that
> >> can load them in for you along with other updates, if you choose to use
> >> symantec,
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Admin
> >
> > Thank you.
> > I could download them a while after writing this post.
> > I have some other questions:
> > 1) Which softwares does Symantec sell for Windows 98
>
> I gave up on then a few years ago
Which one? Symantec or Windows 98?
> > 2) If I changed from Windows 98 into Linux, which Antivirus and
Firewalls
> > would I need?
>
> It is important to understand that linux is conceptually different from
> windows. It is virtually impossible to have viruses, trojans or whatever
> install themselves on a linux system. Things only happen when you tell
them
> to happen. This is different from the windows concept of allow everything
so
> that it is easy for the user. Security is built in, rather than added on
It sounds good.
But what about softwares?
For example, are there text editors?
What can you use to resize photos and the like if you work on a Linux
platform?
Is Linux only for private users or even for commercial use?
I have myself a one-man business
> Most distributions have a firewall built in.
Ok
> > 3) How long does it take to learn and use Linux?
>
> Consider how long it took you to learn and use windows.
I think that it probably took some months to learn the basical things but
how long it could take to learn and use Linux depends much on how different
it is compared with Windows
I can not compare
> this for myself, since I started using jcl on an IBM 360 back in the late
> 60's, and went through cp/m and dos.
I share your opinion. I have learnt a little bit about MS DOS but not that
much, so it would probably take longer for me.
> For everyday working, the KDE desktop functions much like windows.
> For system maintenance, you must learn to use abut a dozen command line
> programs and utilities.
>
> If you choose a good distribution (and I will not start the 'which one'
> debate) you can be productive the same day.
>
> One consideration for an easy transition is to get a second hard drive,
> about 8 gigs is enough, put it in your system as slave, and use the linux
> dual boot option. You can learn linux but still have your win98 system
> available.
Do you mean an extra external hard drive?
> The major difference you will find is that it is a bit more difficult to
> install new applications in linux than it is in windows, but you will
learns
> very quickly how to do it.
>
> > 4) Which FTP software do you recommend to upload and download safely
files
> > to and from websites?
>
> There are dozens of FTP clients out there - FTP is a security issue much
> more for the server than the client
> Both Netscape and IE will function as ftp clients
IE 6.0 or IE 7.0 or both?
How do I use them as ftp clients?
> Linux distributions have several built in
Ok
> > 5) Is is possible to buy this software without using credit cards, that
> > means by invoice?
> >
>
> Linux is free
Is it free for commercial use as well?
I have a one-man business.
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>
> "Stuart Miller" <stuart_miller@shaw.ca> skrev i meddelandet
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> >
> > "Luigi Donatello Asero" <jaggillarfotboll@telia.com> wrote in message
> > news:G4aVg.19101$E02.6869@newsb.telia.net...
> > >
> > > "Admins" <invalid@bogus.com> skrev i meddelandet
> > > news:1issybh1fgqlw.x18sym13zfbd.dlg@40tude.net...
> > >> On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:15:41 GMT, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Can you load the virus definitions from the 4th of April 2006 by
> > > Symantec?
> > >>
> > >> They have a feature on their web site called an intelligent updater
> that
> > >> can load them in for you along with other updates, if you choose to
use
> > >> symantec,
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Admin
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > > I could download them a while after writing this post.
> > > I have some other questions:
> > > 1) Which softwares does Symantec sell for Windows 98
> >
> > I gave up on then a few years ago
>
> Which one? Symantec or Windows 98?
>
> > > 2) If I changed from Windows 98 into Linux, which Antivirus and
> Firewalls
> > > would I need?
> >
> > It is important to understand that linux is conceptually different from
> > windows. It is virtually impossible to have viruses, trojans or whatever
> > install themselves on a linux system. Things only happen when you tell
> them
> > to happen. This is different from the windows concept of allow
everything
> so
> > that it is easy for the user. Security is built in, rather than added on
>
>
> It sounds good.
> But what about softwares?
> For example, are there text editors?
> What can you use to resize photos and the like if you work on a Linux
> platform?
> Is Linux only for private users or even for commercial use?
> I have myself a one-man business
>
> > Most distributions have a firewall built in.
> Ok
> > > 3) How long does it take to learn and use Linux?
> >
> > Consider how long it took you to learn and use windows.
>
> I think that it probably took some months to learn the basical things but
> how long it could take to learn and use Linux depends much on how
different
> it is compared with Windows
>
> I can not compare
> > this for myself, since I started using jcl on an IBM 360 back in the
late
> > 60's, and went through cp/m and dos.
>
> I share your opinion. I have learnt a little bit about MS DOS but not that
> much, so it would probably take longer for me.
>
> > For everyday working, the KDE desktop functions much like windows.
> > For system maintenance, you must learn to use abut a dozen command line
> > programs and utilities.
> >
> > If you choose a good distribution (and I will not start the 'which one'
> > debate) you can be productive the same day.
> >
> > One consideration for an easy transition is to get a second hard drive,
> > about 8 gigs is enough, put it in your system as slave, and use the
linux
> > dual boot option. You can learn linux but still have your win98 system
> > available.
>
>
> Do you mean an extra external hard drive?
>
> > The major difference you will find is that it is a bit more difficult to
> > install new applications in linux than it is in windows, but you will
> learns
> > very quickly how to do it.
> >
> > > 4) Which FTP software do you recommend to upload and download safely
> files
> > > to and from websites?
> >
> > There are dozens of FTP clients out there - FTP is a security issue much
> > more for the server than the client
> > Both Netscape and IE will function as ftp clients
By the way,
it almost slipped my mind.
I need download and upload even files *n Chinese and Russian, not only
files in the Western European languages.
Are IE and/or Netscape good for that?
This post is getting to be rather large so i will trim it
>> >
>> > I gave up on then a few years ago
>>
>> Which one? Symantec or Windows 98?
I gave up on Symantec, I still run win98 on 4 machines here
>> For example, are there text editors?
Several built in, OpenOffice will do pretty much everything you can do with
MS Office, also free
>> What can you use to resize photos and the like if you work on a Linux
>> platform?
The Gimp (also free) is excellent
>> Is Linux only for private users or even for commercial use?
I use it as a workstation, file & print server, and as a web server - 3
different machines.
>> I have myself a one-man business
would be well suited to that
>>
>> I think that it probably took some months to learn the basical things but
>> how long it could take to learn and use Linux depends much on how
> different
>> it is compared with Windows
>>
From a graphical point of view, I would describe it as 'much like windows'
in that you can navigate, drag & drop, and open files with their related
application in a very similar manner
What is different is
- the concept of separate user accounts & separate spaces, properly
implemented and secure
- the need to use the admin account to install programs, and the need to
never use the admin account to do any application type work or play games
>>
>> I share your opinion. I have learnt a little bit about MS DOS but not
>> that
>> much, so it would probably take longer for me.
command documentation is excellent, should be fairly easy
>>
>> >
>> > One consideration for an easy transition is to get a second hard drive,
>> > about 8 gigs is enough, put it in your system as slave, and use the
> linux
>> > dual boot option. You can learn linux but still have your win98 system
>> > available.
>>
>>
>> Do you mean an extra external hard drive?
That is one possibility, but some computers will not boot from a usb device,
so I do not recommend that.
Every pc these days allows 4 ide devices. My system has
Primary ide
- master drive - 250 gig maxtor with linux, multi boot loader, then win 98
and my xp experimental install. For both of these I can test things then
reformat & reinstall if I screw things up
- slave drive - 160 gig WD with my 'functional' install of xp, I am typing
on right now
This is for the xp things I have no choice about (yet) which I can not
run in win98
Secondary ide
- dvd reader
- dvd burner
">> > 4) Which FTP software do you recommend to upload and download safely
> files
>> > to and from websites?
>>
>> There are dozens of FTP clients out there - FTP is a security issue much
>> more for the server than the client
>> Both Netscape and IE will function as ftp clients
>
> IE 6.0 or IE 7.0 or both?
> How do I use them as ftp clients?
Here I am promoting linux and telling you how to use IE - shame on me
for IE, instead of http://www.mydomain.net you just type in ftp://ftp.mydomain.net and IE will switch to another of its many
personalities in its attempt to be all things to all people.
It is not great but it works ok. The 'get' and 'put' functions are not
exactly intuitive, but they work.
As long as the files are properly structured ( and compressed, if
applicable) it should not matter what 'language' they are in.
This would apply to any properly structured ftp client or server
>> Linux is free
>
> Is it free for commercial use as well?
Just plain free, use it as you wish. No 'free for educational use only'
stuff there.
"Bit Twister" <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:15:59 GMT, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
>> It sounds good.
>> But what about softwares?
>
> Well, let's count the files just in bin directories
> $ locate bin/ | wc -l
> 3818
>
> Is 3,818+ programs enough software for you.
>
>> For example, are there text editors?
>
> Yep, lots.
>
>> What can you use to resize photos and the like if you work on a Linux
>> platform?
>
> Command line/batch/cron or interactive gui interface?
>
>> Is Linux only for private users or even for commercial use?
>
> Yes. private or commercial or both.
>
> Maybe these will help.
> http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/App...rossover_Chart
> http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
Is there a penalty for posting three replies in the same thread on the same
day? I hope not
Nice to see a familiar name here.
to Luigi - Bit Twister has been a great source of help in the Mandriva
newsgroup.
His support, and many others in that group is a key reason for me
recommending that distribution
"Stuart Miller" <stuart_miller@shaw.ca> skrev i meddelandet
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> This post is getting to be rather large so i will trim it
>
>
> >> >
> >> > I gave up on then a few years ago
> >>
> >> Which one? Symantec or Windows 98?
>
> I gave up on Symantec, I still run win98 on 4 machines here
>
> >> For example, are there text editors?
>
> Several built in, OpenOffice will do pretty much everything you can do
with
> MS Office, also free
What about customers who would need a translation and send
a text in a Word document?
Well, an option might be to have a PC with Linux and another with
Windows XP for example.
But what if you get a text which is in Word 97, for example?
Could you open it by using OpenOffice?
What if your customer does not use Linux?
> >> What can you use to resize photos and the like if you work on a Linux
> >> platform?
>
> The Gimp (also free) is excellent
>
> >> Is Linux only for private users or even for commercial use?
>
> I use it as a workstation, file & print server, and as a web server - 3
> different machines.
>
> >> I have myself a one-man business
>
> would be well suited to that
>
> >>
> >> I think that it probably took some months to learn the basical things
but
> >> how long it could take to learn and use Linux depends much on how
> > different
> >> it is compared with Windows
> >>
>
> From a graphical point of view, I would describe it as 'much like windows'
> in that you can navigate, drag & drop, and open files with their related
> application in a very similar manner
>
> What is different is
> - the concept of separate user accounts & separate spaces, properly
> implemented and secure
> - the need to use the admin account to install programs, and the need to
> never use the admin account to do any application type work or play games
>
> >>
> >> I share your opinion. I have learnt a little bit about MS DOS but not
> >> that
> >> much, so it would probably take longer for me.
>
> command documentation is excellent, should be fairly easy
>
> >>
>
> >> >
> >> > One consideration for an easy transition is to get a second hard
drive,
> >> > about 8 gigs is enough, put it in your system as slave, and use the
> > linux
> >> > dual boot option. You can learn linux but still have your win98
system
> >> > available.
> >>
> >>
> >> Do you mean an extra external hard drive?
>
> That is one possibility, but some computers will not boot from a usb
device,
> so I do not recommend that.
If I needed to buy another PC to use Linux, this change would be much more
expensive...
At present I use 2 computers. I could switch from Windows 98 into Linux at
one and leave
Windows XP in the other. I already have an external hard drive.
If I needed buy another PC to run Linux, it would probably not be worth.
I am basically looking for a solution to use the resources which are already
available to me in the best and least expensive way.
And, by the way does this solution suits to transfer files to and from the
server if the website is sent over https?
> Every pc these days allows 4 ide devices. My system has
>
> Primary ide
> - master drive - 250 gig maxtor with linux, multi boot loader, then win 98
> and my xp experimental install. For both of these I can test things then
> reformat & reinstall if I screw things up
> - slave drive - 160 gig WD with my 'functional' install of xp, I am typing
> on right now
> This is for the xp things I have no choice about (yet) which I can not
> run in win98
> Secondary ide
> - dvd reader
> - dvd burner
>
> Stuart
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> "Stuart Miller" <stuart_miller@shaw.ca> skrev i meddelandet
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> > This post is getting to be rather large so i will trim it
> >
> >
> > >> >
> > >> > I gave up on then a few years ago
> > >>
> > >> Which one? Symantec or Windows 98?
> >
> > I gave up on Symantec, I still run win98 on 4 machines here
> >
> > >> For example, are there text editors?
> >
> > Several built in, OpenOffice will do pretty much everything you can do
> with
> > MS Office, also free
>
> What about customers who would need a translation and send
> a text in a Word document?
> Well, an option might be to have a PC with Linux and another with
> Windows XP for example.
> But what if you get a text which is in Word 97, for example?
> Could you open it by using OpenOffice?
> What if your customer does not use Linux?
The following is probably better formulated:
thank you very much for your answer.
What about customers who needed a translation and sent
a text in a Word document? How could I possibly meet his/her formatting
needs?
Well, an option might be to have a PC with Linux and another with
Windows XP for example.
But what if you get a text which is in Word 97, for example?
Could you open it by using OpenOffice?
What if your customer does not use Linux?
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>
> ">> > 4) Which FTP software do you recommend to upload and download safely
> > files
> >> > to and from websites?
> >>
> >> There are dozens of FTP clients out there - FTP is a security issue
much
> >> more for the server than the client
> >> Both Netscape and IE will function as ftp clients
> >
> > IE 6.0 or IE 7.0 or both?
> > How do I use them as ftp clients?
> Here I am promoting linux and telling you how to use IE - shame on me
> for IE, instead of http://www.mydomain.net you just type in
> ftp://ftp.mydomain.net and IE will switch to another of its many
> personalities in its attempt to be all things to all people.
> It is not great but it works ok. The 'get' and 'put' functions are not
> exactly intuitive, but they work.
>
> As long as the files are properly structured ( and compressed, if
> applicable) it should not matter what 'language' they are in.
> This would apply to any properly structured ftp client or server
>
> >> Linux is free
> >
> > Is it free for commercial use as well?
>
> Just plain free, use it as you wish.
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>
> "Bit Twister" <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
> news:slrneib8os.h67.BitTwister@wb.home.invalid...
> > On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:15:59 GMT, Luigi Donatello Asero wrote:
> >> It sounds good.
> >> But what about softwares?
> >
> > Well, let's count the files just in bin directories
> > $ locate bin/ | wc -l
> > 3818
> >
> > Is 3,818+ programs enough software for you.
> >
> >> For example, are there text editors?
> >
> > Yep, lots.
> >
> >> What can you use to resize photos and the like if you work on a Linux
> >> platform?
> >
> > Command line/batch/cron or interactive gui interface?
> >
> >> Is Linux only for private users or even for commercial use?
> >
> > Yes. private or commercial or both.
> >
> > Maybe these will help.
> > http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/App...rossover_Chart
> > http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html
>
> Is there a penalty for posting three replies in the same thread on the
same
> day? I hope not
>
> Nice to see a familiar name here.
>
> to Luigi - Bit Twister has been a great source of help in the Mandriva
> newsgroup.
Where is the Mandriva newsgroup?
What does the Mandriva newsgroup deal with?
> His support, and many others in that group is a key reason for me
> recommending that distribution
Are you sure that there are not any requirements to the use of Linux?
I don't need SSL at this time so I have not learned how to configure it, but
it is available in linux for both client and server ends.
> Where is the Mandriva newsgroup?
> What does the Mandriva newsgroup deal with?
alt.os.linux.mandriva drop in and take a look
> What about customers who would need a translation and send
> a text in a Word document?
OpenOffice will work in MS Word97 format, and many others
As I understand the situation, linux handles international languages and
fonts very well
> Well, an option might be to have a PC with Linux and another with
> Windows XP for example.
Yes, but dual boot on one machine will also accomplish that.
These days, it is not expensive to have a separate computer. For business
application linux does not need anywhere near the resources that xp does, so
a
used machine will do just fine.
> But what if you get a text which is in Word 97, for example?
> Could you open it by using OpenOffice?
As above, yes
> What if your customer does not use Linux?
Does not matter - it is the file format that matters.
re-quote from another reply
> The following is probably better formulated:
> thank you very much for your answer.
> What about customers who needed a translation and sent
> a text in a Word document? How could I possibly meet his/her formatting
> needs?
answered above
> Well, an option might be to have a PC with Linux and another with
> Windows XP for example.
In terms of documents, I don't believe that xp can do anything that win98
and linux can not do
What do you mean by "ide"?
My age is showing here
Without getting technical, ide has been the accepted standard for hard
drives and cd-rom or dvd devices since the early 90's
40 conductor ribbon cables, controllers built into the motherboard
More modern references include ATA and SATA, and a host of improvements.
"Stuart Miller" <stuart_miller@shaw.ca> skrev i meddelandet
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> I have condensed the three responses into one
>
> > What about SSL?
>
> I don't need SSL at this time so I have not learned how to configure it,
but
> it is available in linux for both client and server ends.
>
>
> > Where is the Mandriva newsgroup?
> > What does the Mandriva newsgroup deal with?
>
> alt.os.linux.mandriva drop in and take a look
>
> > What about customers who would need a translation and send
> > a text in a Word document?
>
> OpenOffice will work in MS Word97 format, and many others
> As I understand the situation, linux handles international languages and
> fonts very well
>
>
> > Well, an option might be to have a PC with Linux and another with
> > Windows XP for example.
>
> Yes, but dual boot on one machine will also accomplish that.
> These days, it is not expensive to have a separate computer. For business
> application linux does not need anywhere near the resources that xp does,
so
> a
> used machine will do just fine.
>
> > But what if you get a text which is in Word 97, for example?
> > Could you open it by using OpenOffice?
>
> As above, yes
>
> > What if your customer does not use Linux?
>
> Does not matter - it is the file format that matters.
>
> re-quote from another reply
>
> > The following is probably better formulated:
> > thank you very much for your answer.
> > What about customers who needed a translation and sent
> > a text in a Word document? How could I possibly meet his/her formatting
> > needs?
>
> answered above
>
> > Well, an option might be to have a PC with Linux and another with
> > Windows XP for example.
>
> In terms of documents, I don't believe that xp can do anything that win98
> and linux can not do
>
>
> What do you mean by "ide"?
>
> My age is showing here
> Without getting technical, ide has been the accepted standard for hard
> drives and cd-rom or dvd devices since the early 90's
> 40 conductor ribbon cables, controllers built into the motherboard
> More modern references include ATA and SATA, and a host of improvements.
>
> Stuart
I had a quick look at the Linux website and, as far as I understand, Linux
can do approximately
95% of what Windows can do. I suppose that a good solution might be to go on
working with
Windows XP on one computer and switch from Windows 98 into Linux on the
other, because Microsoft does not support Windows 98 any longer.
But the PC where I use Windows 98 does not have a large harddisk. It can
only contain about
4 GB, I think.
Is that enough?
Besides, how would I send my posts here, by using Linux?
>
> I had a quick look at the Linux website and, as far as I understand,
> Linux
> can do approximately
> 95% of what Windows can do. I suppose that a good solution might be to go
> on
> working with
> Windows XP on one computer and switch from Windows 98 into Linux on the
> other, because Microsoft does not support Windows 98 any longer.
> But the PC where I use Windows 98 does not have a large harddisk. It can
> only contain about
> 4 GB, I think.
> Is that enough?
I would not bother to keep win98 active if you have xp running. So far I
have found only a handful of applications which run in win98 and not in xp.
4 gigs is light for linux, but will do if you only do a workstation install,
no servers, games or development.
I would look for a 20 to 40 gig used drive, or use all the space, and
eliminate win98.
> Besides, how would I send my posts here, by using Linux?
I have chosen to keep the e-mail and newsgroups on the xp machine, but I can
do both from linux using kmail and knode. There are many other mail and news
clients available.
Drop in on the mandriva newsgroup and we can continue the discussion there.
"Stuart Miller" <stuart_miller@shaw.ca> skrev i meddelandet
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>
>
> >
> > I had a quick look at the Linux website and, as far as I understand,
> > Linux
> > can do approximately
> > 95% of what Windows can do. I suppose that a good solution might be to
go
> > on
> > working with
> > Windows XP on one computer and switch from Windows 98 into Linux on the
> > other, because Microsoft does not support Windows 98 any longer.
> > But the PC where I use Windows 98 does not have a large harddisk. It can
> > only contain about
> > 4 GB, I think.
> > Is that enough?
>
> I would not bother to keep win98 active if you have xp running. So far I
> have found only a handful of applications which run in win98 and not in
xp.
Internet Neighborhood 4.5 is a software which does not work in xp, that´s
the main reason why I need another FTP software.
Besides, SCP SFTP might be a safer protocol.
But I do not know, yet if I can use it. I do not know whether my webhost
offers this possibility.
> 4 gigs is light for linux, but will do if you only do a workstation
install,
> no servers, games or development.
> I would look for a 20 to 40 gig used drive, or use all the space, and
> eliminate win98.
>
> > Besides, how would I send my posts here, by using Linux?
>
> I have chosen to keep the e-mail and newsgroups on the xp machine, but I
can
> do both from linux using kmail and knode. There are many other mail and
news
> clients available.
>
> Drop in on the mandriva newsgroup and we can continue the discussion
there.
>
> Stuart
"Luigi Donatello Asero" <jaggillarfotboll@telia.com> wrote in message
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>
>>
>> I would not bother to keep win98 active if you have xp running. So far I
>> have found only a handful of applications which run in win98 and not in
> xp.
>
> Internet Neighborhood 4.5 is a software which does not work in xp, thats
> the main reason why I need another FTP software.
I have already posted the solution to that.
> Besides, SCP SFTP might be a safer protocol.
> But I do not know, yet if I can use it. I do not know whether my webhost
> offers this possibility.
>
FTP security is primarily a server concern. Fnd out what you ISP or the ftp
host has to say about it.
>
> Where is the mandriva newsgroup?
>
I have already posted that in this thread
Please take a litt more time to look at the earlier posts on this thread
before you ask the same questions again.
We can offer help and support, but I will not do your work for you.
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