By Guest on Friday, October 31, 2003 - 03:01 am:
I've been using Redhat Linux for about a year, and just upgraded to Redhat 9 without any noticable problems. Linux can be downloaded and installed for Free. I downloaded and installed Netscape 7 from Netscape.com without problems, except for getting Java to work with Netscape takes a little research.
I have not experienced any virus, worms or trojans with my Linux as most are made to exploit vulnerabilities of Microsoft products. I can open email which may contain viruses or visit questionable websites (usually unintended!) and a Windows .Exe file maybe downloaded which can not be executed in a non Windows environment.
My Linux includes major applications which can read files intended for Windows applications, such as Word Documents and Excel Spreadsheets. Thusly, I don't have to buy separate office programs. Data Bases are included, A web server, FTP servers and firewalls.
Linux may not be for everyone, but for the present time it is more secure than Windows.
Nyles
By Guest on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 05:10 am:
I have upgraded to Fedora, Redhat's new Linux distribution, since Redhat will not be supporting Redhat 9 sometime in the near future!
Nyles
By Silk on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 10:21 pm:
*appears in a puff of purple smoke* Did someone say REDHEAD???....ooooOOOOOOOh...sorry...that was REDHAT!!!...*disappears in a flash of light*