Re: Only 14 More Days to Go!

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Leonard Grey wrote:
And keep this garbage out of our XP Newsgroups.

Our?

You are not welcome there.

Um, this was posted in a Vista group, not an XP group.

And you only speak for yourself as to who you welcome and who you don't welcome.

Alias

-- --- Leonard Grey Errare Humanum Est "Alias" wrote:
> > and you can download the new Ubuntu, Intrepid Ibex from
> > http://www.ubuntu.com/
> >
> > What you can do with Ubuntu:
> >
> > Email
> > Surf the web
> > Burn CDs.
> > Rip CDs.
> > Listen to music.
> > Watch vidoes/DVDs.
> > Scan and print.
> > Spreadsheets.
> > Presentations
> > Newsgroups.
> > HTML editing.
> > Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc.
> > Make videos.
> > Download photos from a camera and organize them.
> > Translations.
> > Use a dictionary
> > Learn how to touch type.
> > Edit images.
> > Send and receive a fax.
> > Take screenshots.
> > Create .PDF files.
> > Create and use a data base.
> > Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one including
> > Windows Live Messenger.
> > IRC.
> > Bluetooth.
> >
> > and much more!
> >
> > What you can't do with Ubuntu:
> >
> > Worry about:
> > WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads,
> > DRM,
> > Viruses,
> > Root kits,
> > Spyware,
> > and
> > Malware.
> >
> > The reasons that Ubuntu is more secure than Windows are twofold:
> >
> > 1. When *anything* in Ubuntu needs updating or patching, it all comes
> > from the same source and a little orange star appears when any updates
> > or patches are available. It's a known fact that anti virus apps and
> > anti malware apps can only deal with nasties that are known, not the new
> > ones. Hence, it is very important to be updated or patched and not just
> > the operating system but everything that is installed on the computer.
> > Windows has no central updating source and the user has to be checking
> > constantly for updates to their programs or face the possibility of
> > being compromised.
> >
> > 2. In Ubuntu, when anything wants to install, you have to key in your
> > password. With Windows, you have to click on "OK" or nothing at all as
> > is evidenced by drive by malware. Unlike Windows, the Linux kernel is
> > not intertwined with a browser like Windows is with Internet Explorer
> > and the kernel is kept away and protected from the user account.
> >
> > Alias
> >
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