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entwisi · 21-02-2007, 14:03

Mel, no its not an OS from CD, its an OS that CAN RUN from CD but in normal use is installed just like Windows is to a hard disk. The Live CDs are a handy way for peopel to have a quick play without altering their PC in any way shape or form or just to recover a borked Windows install

TBH if I put you in front of my Linux box and said, there you go have a go on accyweb, write an email, do a spreadsheet, play an installed Game etc you and 99% of users would have no problem whatsoever. You have a 'start' button and a menu just like Windows, you have applications which you may even recognise (Firefox, Opera, Open Office and more) If I renamed apps to their winodws equivilant you would find them and use then just the same (Evolution = Outlook, GIMP= photoshop, aMSN=MSN Messenger)

the beauty of linux is that there is so much choice available and the fact that it is more secure even straight out of the box than 99% of Windows PCs. When you do want a new program you will normally find that they are Free to download and use and with teh package managers as good as they now are you don't even need to muck about with discs, it will just go and download the latest version( either stable or beta depending on how you have told it to behave, stable for end users, beta for techies who like playing)

The linux you mention on your hub means purely that your hub is actually a mini computer that is running a 'special' version of Linux that has been configured and installed to just do the stuff that routers need to do. That doesn't mean it can't do other things or even do the same stuff a different(Better) way. Likewise Linux is finding its way into lots of other areas, mobile phones are now mini computers there are some linux based ones on their way to market. Some PVRs (personal Video recorders) are Linux based, even microwaves are getting the linux treatment!

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entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: Antivirus Mel, no its not an OS from CD, its an OS that CAN RUN from CD but in normal use is installed just like Windows is to a hard disk. The Live CDs are a handy way for peopel to have a quick play without altering their PC in any way shape or form or just to recover a borked Windows install TBH if I put you in front of my Linux box and said, there you go have a go on accyweb, write an email, do a spreadsheet, play an installed Game etc you and 99% of users would have no problem whatsoever. You have a 'start' button and a menu just like Windows, you have applications which you may even recognise (Firefox, Opera, Open Office and more) If I renamed apps to their winodws equivilant you would find them and use then just the same (Evolution = Outlook, GIMP= photoshop, aMSN=MSN Messenger) the beauty of linux is that there is so much choice available and the fact that it is more secure even straight out of the box than 99% of Windows PCs. When you do want a new program you will normally find that they are Free to download and use and with teh package managers as good as they now are you don't even need to muck about with discs, it will just go and download the latest version( either stable or beta depending on how you have told it to behave, stable for end users, beta for techies who like playing) The linux you mention on your hub means purely that your hub is actually a mini computer that is running a 'special' version of Linux that has been configured and installed to just do the stuff that routers need to do. That doesn't mean it can't do other things or even do the same stuff a different(Better) way. Likewise Linux is finding its way into lots of other areas, mobile phones are now mini computers there are some linux based ones on their way to market. Some PVRs (personal Video recorders) are Linux based, even microwaves are getting the linux treatment! __________________ Ian Technical God, No 1 Geek And Linux Guru Have you seen my Flickr pictures?