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byeee... 2 15 (7/12/2004 5:15:42 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy new job... insufficient time left over to waste in here... must dash... bye. -- Use Linux - Computer power for the people: Down with cybercrud... ... paul

oopsie... 4 32 (7/2/2004 12:26:04 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy another Windows install got wiped today... I decided to let Mandrake 10 have the entire disk. ... Paul

Finally 25 37 (7/2/2004 12:23:30 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I've made a "coaster" using Linux... but it was a hardware problem... the hole in the CDR for the spindle has cracked and the disk was off balance. ... Paul

"Change your passwords and cancel your credit cards" Anti-virus company's advice to infected Windows users 9 22 (6/4/2004 5:05:07 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy |Worm eyes up credit card details | |Windows users are being warned about a virus that is "aggressively |stealing" credit card numbers and passwords. | |The Korgo virus debuted on 22 May and since then has b... paul

Amazing... why do they put up with this??? 6 26 (5/7/2004 11:31:45 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy no link... Advert for PC World in my daily newspaper today has a panel extolling the requirement for protection for people's PCs when surfing... Here's the copy: "W32.Sasser.B.Worm was discovered on May 1st 2... paul

Windows Isn't Working... 1 21 (5/7/2004 8:06:58 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy enjoy... or not... :) apologies to Satchi and Satchi for paraphrasing their famous "Labour isn't working" poster... -- Use Linux - Computer power for the people: Down with cybercrud... ... paul

Sasser: One picture says more than thousands of words can do... 11 30 (5/7/2004 8:02:49 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy enjoy or not depending on your OS preferences... :) -- Use Linux - Computer power for the people: Down with cybercrud... ... paul

Shameless... 3 35 (5/7/2004 6:10:20 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy |Opinion by Frank Hayes | | MAY 03, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - It's your fault. Yeah you, Mr. or Ms. |Corporate IT Person. Microsoft says it's your fault, and the fault of your |users, that there are so many se... paul

Gartner: "Worms jack up the total cost of windows" 2 27 (5/6/2004 8:58:03 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy |Dealing with widespread worms like Sasser raises the cost of using Windows, |a research analyst said Wednesday. | |Mark Nicolett, research director at Gartner, recommended that enterprises |boost spending o... paul

Microsoft got off lightly with Sasser worm 0 32 (5/6/2004 6:40:02 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy |My take is that this move to release the patches in monthly installments is |a PR exercise rather than one that is designed to help users and |administrators. This was taken one step further in the latest ro... paul

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M$ XP SP2 Pirate bar will Boost Linux usage 11 21 (6/5/2004 6:29:07 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3774567.stm Microsoft bars Windows pirates Most legal users will be able to use the patch. Many people using pirated copies of Windows XP will get no help from Microsoft ... bs7936 (41)

IE Now Gets Viruses Via Bitmaps !?!?!! 3 24 (6/26/2004 4:51:45 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2004062501826OPDTSW "If you surf at work today, you may want to rethink it. There's a new virus hiding out in images out on the Web." "On which sites?," my intelligent s... Cola

WinXP faster than Mandrake 10 48 26 (7/1/2004 2:35:11 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7324 "A couple of days later, he got back to me with the sad news I was prepared for: it's just too slow. His box, an 600 MHz 128MB RAM system, ran Windows XP happily, b... nospam21 (11322)

Why promote Linux when BSD is so much better? 46 32 (7/5/2004 1:59:52 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy With BSD you don't have the viral GPL problem, freedom from RPM hell with BSD's ports, and a much more secure OS without the Linux kernel vulnerabilities. Best of all, the BSD license is compatible with the co... mikecoxlinux (646)

The Microsoft Smear Campaign Against Linux 36 18 (7/9/2004 9:25:00 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy An interesting article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1619714,00.asp Smear Factor By John C. Dvorak August 3, 2004 Could Microsoft be behind a smear campaign aimed at Linux? If not Micro... iso

Joke of the Day - or sinister strategy? 2 29 (7/14/2004 11:04:52 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Did you see this coming? Instead of making their OS secure, MS has decided to capitalize on their crapware. First they sell/bundle the problem; Then they sell you a solution. Sneaky bastards. Microsoft's ... ian1552 (184)

Choosing a Linux printer sucks. 294 65 (7/28/2004 5:50:43 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy I have been trying unsuccessfully for two weeks now to get my Lexmark Z65 printer to function with suse91 by trying various drivers for similar Lexmark products. It has turned out to be a time consuming and fru... negron_work (2)

surprise, surprise... #2 83 17 (9/19/2004 9:21:58 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy SP2 for Xp breaks SAMBA... no surprise there... Just found this text passage in the description for an update for Samba server on my Suse boxes |Microsoft Windows XP clients with installed Service Pack 2 cras... paul_cooke6631 (125)

Windows without Explorer 53 11 (2/1/2005 7:02:57 AM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Not trolling, I'm just wondering how to get to rid of (or replace) the explorer, shell32.dll, common dialogs... completely? Why? Because the windows shell really sux! I know your KDE and GNOME are probably wors... aquila_deus (691)

Hello from 2 years in the future 9 43 (5/21/2005 1:42:56 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy Greetings from the future. I'm here right now watching a FOX news report about Simon Cooke being caught in a tree having sex with his forehead-smashing boyfriend. According to the news anchor, they've spent th... loser7999 (8)