Re: OT Posting Problems

alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

On 23 May, 08:10, Tony Jeffree <t...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 22 May 2007 16:32:26 -0700, jontom_...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Any idea how I
can (easily) get back to real time discussion?

I have used the free service fromhttp://www.datemas.de/news/with
Agent as my mail client for a while now. The response times are near
instantaneous. I note that they show new registrations as "temporarily
suspended" at the moment though.

Regards,
Tony

My computer seems to be under constant attack from Microsoft versus
Google, both are doing constant updates of their own back. Most of the
memory and processor speed is concerned with these titans battling for
control for my computer on my computer. What little processing power
left is for my needs. So it seems that all other programs run very
slow. I have doubled the memory but this has enabled the Titans to
play more and faster.
What can be done? Is there a virus program that will eliminate
Microsoft and Google?

Try Ubuntu - it's probably the best choice for people with no knowledge of
*nixen (operating systems which have similarities to unix, like Linux's and
BSD's), and it's free. It's a type or "flavour" of Linux.

www.ubuntu.com/download

You'll have to burn a CD as an .iso file - I presume you know how to do
that?

Three caveats - first, it's a bit of a learning experience, but it shouldn't
take more than a few days to get used to it.

Second, it's a good idea to install it on a drive by itself if you are a
newbie. You can add a partition to your existing drive and shrink any
existing partitions to make space, but this is dangerous to your data, and
it's far better to just buy a new drive and add it to your machine - 80 GB
drives are only about £30, and you'll still have the drive even if you don't
like Ubuntu. However, you can also run Ubuntu from the CD to give it a look
- and it's free anyway, just the cost of a blank CD. It runs a lot better
when it's installed though, rather than running from CD.

You can install it yourself quite easily and quickly. Backup first however,
as all installs can go wrong, though if you choose the correct drive to
install on (!) it's highly unlikely to cause any problems.

There are ways to import your browser settings and email, though the latter
is tricky to do - however there are lots of guides on the 'net. Install,
play, then if you like it .. you really only want to have one email program
in use though.

Third, it doesn't do winmodems well - these are a type of cheap telephone
modem which are quite common, especially on computers built down to a price,
which most are these days. However a nerd may be able to set it up for you,
you can buy a proper "full" modem, or, like me, you may not use a telephone
modem at all. Most other hardware is no problem though, it usually just does
it all for you.





Ubuntu is not quite as smooth as windoze, or MacOSX which is the king as far
as smoothness goes, and some of the standard free applications are a little
ropy (though mostly there are free replacements and upgrades available, you
just have to look for them - eg the movie player doesn't play DVD's
out-of-the-box, but you can replace it for free with one that does) ...

.... but the Gnome desktop especially, and Linux in general, have improved
beyond recognition in the last few years, most of the compatibility problems
have gone away with the addition of the Open Office suite (included free,
you don't have to pay £300 for M$ Office), it's pretty well free from
viruses, and the underlying kernel and OS is rock-solid reliable - no BSOD,
ever.


--
Peter Fairbrother

( who mostly works on OpenBSD-based OS's, but mostly uses Mac OS classic and
Ubuntu for everyday jobs - one of my machines has eleven operating systems:
Red Hat Linux, two Ubuntu's (dapper and feisty), Xubuntu, 98se, XP, Vista,
FreeBSD, one standard and two custom OpenBSD's)

.

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