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.

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

 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.  :)

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

Ed

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