PM>  === I just wrote Maurice that I wouldn't ask any
 PM>  dumb questions before reading up on Linux for
 
 > There are no dumb questions.
 
 === Absolutely helpful post, Wayne. It seriously clears up
 some vague ideas - and some misconceptions - that I had
 about Linux, and thanks for going into such extensive detail.
 Definitely saved for further reference.
 
 === Won't, as I said, be able to get to Linux for awhile though
 - other stuff on the production line - plus I'll have to free
 up a machine and do some backups. But will be at the local
 library soon to see what CDs they have available. I did do a
 quick online search of some other libraries here - one
 university had over 200 Linux titles, so my mistaken impression
 that Linux was just an oddity was put to rest. There's even a
 Linux for Dummies book.
 
 === I also tracked down that Knoppix version you installed -
 I'm assuming it's the same version.  [Don't know what "WFTL
 edition Knoppix" means.] This year's date, so it should be
 recent Knoppix.
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 AUTHOR       Gagne, Marcel.
 TITLE        Moving to Linux:
              kiss the blue screen of death goodbye!
 IMPRINT      Boston : Addison-Wesley, 2004.
 DESCRIPT.    348 p.  + 1 CD-ROM (4-3/4in.)
 NOTE         System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM:
              Pentium class CPU with 128 MB of RAM or more.
 NOTE         At head of title on the CD: WFTL edition Knoppix.
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 === I guess that "kiss the blue screen of death goodbye!"
 subtitle refers to Linux being more stable than Windows,
 supposedly.
 
> Check out www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost
 
 === Hey, Charles site! I know it well. Best DOS site on the
 net. Didn't know he was into Linux. Will definitely check it
 out.
 
 PM>  can gain access to your system?  If so,
 PM>  how likely is that to happen? Seems pretty remote.
 
> They use something called rootkit, gives them
> full access to your system and it's not at all a
> remote threat as my system was constantly
> informing me of attacks. (failed as I was a
> user online and NOT root) You really need to
> setup a user account first off and I retain the
> simple notes here on how to do so though I'd
> have to look them up.
 
> There are nefarious reasons why someone might
> want to hide behind your address either
> profiting or sending malicious software posing
> as coming from YOU.
 
> Or they could just browse your system then
> delete and crash it :-(
 
 === Hmm. That whole situation seems to be seriously out of
 whack. Just heard a report that now close to 60 percent of all
 inet traffic is, as you put it, nefarious, resulting in a
 doubling of the ISP fees you pay.
 
> I've no books at all on Knoppix.  CD arrived in the mail.
> I played for two days for a total of perhaps 5 hours
> in ramdrive than installed it to my hard drive.
 
 === Impressive! But not me. I need hardcopy. Especially
 when trying something new. Too many brain blips recently. :-(
 
 
 === Cheers from Phil, requiring additional memory chips.
 
 

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