Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 EH>>>>> I don't have any protection on this system or six of my other
 MG>>>> systems. I
 EH>>>>> do have protection (avast! anti-virus and a couple
anti-spy/malware
 EH>>>>> apps) on the only Windows computer I have, though. :-)

 EH>>>>> The nice thing about Linux is that there are no
viruses or spyware
 MG>>>> that

 MG>>>> *YET*  :)

 EH>>> I doubt there will be anything to worry about anytime soon.

 EH>>>>> effect it. That and it blows Vista/XP/etc. away.

 MG>>>> Your preference, my machine does everything I need it to do and
 EH>>> doesn't
 MG>>>> require me to learn too many new things. :)

 EH>>> You'd be surprised at how little you would need to learn to do
 EH>>> everything you do now.

 EH>>> Ed

 MG>> New technology intimidates me.

 EH> There's nothing new about Linux. It's based on Unix that has been around
 EH> since the 60s. :-)

It's new to me. :)

 MG>> I'm sure that my cell phone does lots of
 MG>> things besides phone calls (I have a Motorola Razr) but I'll be darned
 MG>> if that manual is in English.  :)

 EH> Heh heh... I have a RAZR and a KRAZR and they do all sorts of things.
 EH> But... I usually only use them to make calls. ;-)

I know it'll take pictures, but I don't know how, besides that's what my
camera is for. My dad, the Imagineer, used to say "the more goodies in
it, the more things to break. He was making that observation about cars,
but it fits a Razr as well. :) He'd probably go crazy with all the things
on a PC. You have to remember that he worked with room sized computers. :)

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