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Re: OT: Farewell Windows

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From "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm>
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Subject Re: OT: Farewell Windows
Date Sun, 09 Aug 2015 04:41:12 -0400
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On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 02:23:13 -0400, <visualforth@rocketmail.com> wrote:

> I checked:
>
> [numerous distro's]

I had the same problem as you from 1996 to 2012.  The first Linux
I tried was Redhat 1996, then Slackware 1997.  I tried well over
a dozen different distro's.  I've got a stack of burned cd-rom
coasters.  I never got one to work with all my hardware, until
recently.  The few times I started using Linux, the filesystem
would become corrupted.  This was not a hardware problem.  This
was with ext2 with fsck.  Fortunately, for the Linux I installed a
few years ago, I've not had any problems with ext4, so far ...
However, I had to update every major software package, Java, Flash,
Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, then recompile VLC from scratch and
PDFviewer after applying patches I found on some obscure website on
the internet ...  It fixed the video color tables.  I had to update
numerous libraries and install numerous utilities and tweak many boot,
startup, and login scripts, etc.  That's not even including the
initial install of Linux requiring fdisk and grub, which I speculate
would be enough to prevent just about anyone in my family, young or
old, except me, from attempting to install Linux.

As for Windows, Windows 98/SE was fairly reliable, but needed a
complete re-install once and a while, or refresh of MSVC redistributable
files.  As for Window 7 and 8, they come pre-installed and they update
and fix themselves, if you have a reliable internet connection.  My family
hasn't had many problems with them.  However, there was one bad
update for one machine which was a nightmare to unroll and re-update,
and there were four updates on another machine which had to be
disabled since they always failed.

So, despite what Bernd says, Linux is not for novices, unless, maybe,
you're using the most active distro, since it'll have more support
and more people fixing and updating it.

> Before I discovered "Malwarebytes" I had problems with viruses
> every now and then, despite antivirus software running. The worst
> one was Bankerfox Nuquel-E.

On Windows, you can try AVG Free for viruses and SpyBot Search
and Destroy for malware.  That combination usually works well.
If you need more thorough removal, you can try McAfee Stinger
for the most recent virus threats or Trend Micro Sysclean to
detect just about any virus in existence.  All of these are free.


Rod Pemberton
P.S.  I've replied with both of these answers a few times now.

-- 
Scientists now say we'll experience a mini-ice in 2030.
So, I guess we need more global warming today ...

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OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 04:28 -0700
  Re: OT: Farewell Windows djc <ciesinger@gmx.net> - 2015-08-07 08:35 -0700
  Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-07 10:51 -0700
    Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-07 21:35 +0200
      Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-07 23:38 +0200
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-08 00:34 +0200
      Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-07 15:50 -0700
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows Julian Fondren <ayrnieu@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 16:09 -0700
          Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 16:23 -0700
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-08 01:34 +0200
          Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-07 22:46 -0700
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-08 01:52 +0200
          Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-07 22:43 -0700
            Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-08 11:32 +0200
              Re: OT: Farewell Windows anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-08 14:37 +0000
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-08 23:04 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Jan Coombs <Jan-54 <jenfhaomndgfwutc@murmic.plus.com>> - 2015-08-09 09:52 +0100
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 02:04 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-09 14:33 -0700
              Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-08 08:32 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-08 22:28 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-09 04:09 +0200
              Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-09 04:52 -0400
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-09 14:53 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-10 01:15 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-09 20:46 -0400
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-09 17:56 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-11 00:41 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-10 21:44 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-08-10 21:53 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2015-08-09 15:50 -1000
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-08-09 19:26 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-10 07:41 +0000
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-10 06:30 -0400
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-10 06:30 -0400
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 05:02 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2015-08-10 21:45 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-11 02:20 -0400
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2015-08-11 08:30 +0100
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2015-08-16 12:59 +1000
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-17 00:01 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-17 18:45 -0700
          Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-07 23:23 -0700
            Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-08 08:35 +0200
              Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-08 00:10 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-08 09:52 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 01:13 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-09 04:45 -0400
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-09 14:26 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-10 01:12 +0200
            Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-09 04:41 -0400
              Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-09 14:20 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-10 00:40 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-09 19:49 -0400
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-10 02:09 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-09 20:51 -0400
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows "Rod Pemberton" <boo@fasdfrewar.cdm> - 2015-08-08 02:59 -0400
      Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 16:38 -0700
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-08 01:51 +0200
          Re: OT: Farewell Windows Hannu Vuolasaho <vuokkosetae@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 07:46 +0300
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows visualforth@rocketmail.com - 2015-08-07 22:49 -0700
    Re: OT: Farewell Windows humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2015-08-10 23:28 -0700
      Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 02:24 -0700
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 03:10 -0700
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-11 13:57 +0200
          Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 05:12 -0700
          Re: OT: Farewell Windows Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-08-11 15:17 +0200
            Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 08:04 -0700
              Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-11 22:04 +0200
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 05:42 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2015-08-12 08:33 -0500
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 07:21 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 07:47 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 08:06 -0700
                Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-12 08:07 -0700
            Re: OT: Farewell Windows Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2015-08-11 08:07 -0700
            Re: OT: Farewell Windows Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2015-08-11 21:58 +0200
        Re: OT: Farewell Windows anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2015-08-11 13:11 +0000

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