[clug] A New Users perspective on Linux

[Martijn van Oosterhout]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 05:50:42PM +1000, Ian Bardsley wrote:
> As a new subsciber to CLUG I thought I would share the following.
> 
> I'm sure that all the IT pro's will read and think "Dumb B*&%$d.  But 
> anyone interested in an alternative to Windows may benefit.

Interesting experience, I just have one comment:

> _I now need to research the best approach to Anti-Virus, Anti-Spywear 
> and a secure Firewall so any suggestions or feed back would be very 
> welcome._

No need to get either antivirus nor antispyware, linux just doesn't
have those problem. And the firewall is included, lookup iptables.

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog at svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.
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