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V

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Jun 8, 2005
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Although the popular assumption is that Linux is immune to viruses, the fact is that you're still at risk - especially if you regularly share files with Windows users.
i wish he had explained this part a little further..does this mean i can send a windows virus from my linux partition to my windows partition, or to someone else who is using windows? or if i pick up a virus using linux will it just sit there doing nothing untill i boot my windows partition? :sigh:
 

Rami

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Dec 24, 2004
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vlatko said:
i wish he had explained this part a little further..does this mean i can send a windows virus from my linux partition to my windows partition, or to someone else who is using windows? or if i pick up a virus using linux will it just sit there doing nothing untill i boot my windows partition? :sigh:
http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/25/1430222&from=rss

I believe you are pretty safe....no need for the "sky-is-falling" mentality, just yet ;)
 

V

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personally, i've decided to try linux after seeing some screenshots of one KDE distro, i'm a sucker for eye candy. than i started reading out about linux and found an article on one croatian site about ubuntu taking over the linux scene. i ordered some free cds and the rest is history. :)
 
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vlatko said:
personally, i've decided to try linux after seeing some screenshots of one KDE distro, i'm a sucker for eye candy. than i started reading out about linux and found an article on one croatian site about ubuntu taking over the linux scene. i ordered some free cds and the rest is history. :)
i found a copy of Ubuntu 5.04 in my bro's room....tried it...loved it...and stickin with it....
 

Rami

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Dec 24, 2004
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Jeeks said:
It was Rami who drove me to try Linux, not Martin; however Martin introduced me to Gentoo.
wow! Never knew that.... Three converted by me in less than a year, nice.:pint:

I know most of you guys know my story, but I love saying it again and again and again....

I read a lot about linux back in 2001-2002 and took the next step and bought me an original red hat 9 back in 2003. Didn't really get my hands around it, as I couldn't configure my modem, and broadband was basically non-existent in Saudi Arabia....


Fast Forward December 2005. Woke up one morning and went to get me a pack of cigarettes, and saw a magazine with a SuSE 10, so I shelled out $25, went back home popped it in my drive and rebooted....with no preparation whatsoever :D This time I also had no broadband, but went out and bought me an external modem ($75 :wallbang:), of course it worked out of the box, and started a two month crusade (see it could be used in a non-religious non-war context:p) to understand this alien system....I believe I succeeded!

BTW this integrated spell checker in Edgy is gr8!!
 

Rami

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Dec 24, 2004
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"Integrated spell checker in Edgy"?

Are you referring to said feature of FIrefox 2.0?
Lol I don't know, I just found it when upgraded to Edgy. But ya perhaps it comes with FF2...
 

V

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boo. spell checkers are for pussies, the real deal is opera. :D

i use firefox so much i didn't even know that option exsisted. :p
 

Martin

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Chxta said:
It's funny how Martin has converted a lot of Windows users out here to serious Linux enthusiasts...
SexualChocolate said:
Hey, I met ubuntu before I met Martin ;)
Jeeks said:
It was Rami who drove me to try Linux, not Martin; however Martin introduced me to Gentoo.
The thing is that I'm a bad salesman. I don't have the right personality for it and if I sold cars I would starve. :D But it's beside the point who the converter is as long as the message gets out. (Although I have to say Rami is doing a heck of a job. :D)

My biggest 'sale' was probably Firefox, not least because it brought Graham onto our side, who campaigned more vigorously than I ever would have. :D
 

Rami

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Dec 24, 2004
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Ok, I compiled my new kernel (2.6.18.2), based on the the howtoforge article Martin provided a couple of weeks ago. The first problem I faced, is that the webcam didn't work, I copied the same config settings of my older kernel as the guide suggested (the kernel settings menu is very daunting, any comprehensive explanation of it out there?), whats wrong?

Another thing, in the config settings, under architecture, I couldn't find how i could compile for 686 chips in particular, how could explicitly choose the architecture??
 

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