Simplify it for me please... in All Things Unix http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14989826 en Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:51:32 EDT Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:51:32 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15007988 Mercurybird :
said by I2usesmoothie :

If you want to use both smoothie GUI and your router, just replug into your wan port and change your routers ip to that of your SW; ie mine is 192.168.0.1 and my router is 192.168.0.2. After you change your router setting switch back to your lan port instead of the wan port. This will allow you to connect to you SW box and your router gui. Enjoy.

Oh buy the way, I run SUSE 10 and love it.
I haven't tried this yet but I'm sure going to. Thanks so much for posting it. :D
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15007988 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 21:48:10 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15001125 wiles :
said by yock See Profile :

abiword and gnumeric are great.
I was thinking of giving those "gnome office" things a shot.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15001125 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:34:51 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15000684 yock : abiword and gnumeric are great.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15000684 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:16:55 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15000395 wiles :
said by alien9999999 See Profile :

if you're getting appearence issues, then why not using openoffice (or staroffice)...?
Well openoffice 2.0 crashes randomly, left on its own. I won't even be doing anything and it just closes. Staroffice, well, that would cost some money on my part and I'm not guaranteed it might be free of the same issue OO has. So running Microsoft office allows me to at least be able to perform most of the functions I need to do on a regular basis, and when necessary to put together an intense word document with embedded charts and such I'll boot into windows.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15000395 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:33:03 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14999938 alien9999999 : if you're getting appearence issues, then why not using openoffice (or staroffice)...?
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said by Al1776 See Profile :

said by dave See Profile :

You might be better off asking this question over in the Security forum, though.
I agree, but I was hoping the OP would tell me what HE uses as I want to hear from actual users who are not XP haters.

I wonder how Access 2000 would run under Crossover Office. Maybe I won't have to run Windows? Then again there is the 'right tool for the job' thing... and I have a dual boot box.. but have not booted to XP for 2 years... and never while connected to the router.

Al
I actually just gave Office XP a shot with crossover office and it runs great. There are some issues, like getting excel charts into word documents and having them appear correctly. I don't really use Access but I did try running it and it seemed to work without a hitch.

Heh, I think installing windows programs with crossover office is easier then installing them natively in windows. You don't have to reboot and the whole thing is so automated. It works great.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14999715 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:46:36 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14996682 alien9999999 : I AM on the map!

B8511 is the international notation of a zip code.

Speaking of which, i need to change it, I've moved about a year and a half ago...

it's now B3000 or B-3000, but it doesn't accept it, i think...
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Alien is my name and headbiting is my game.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14996682 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:05:32 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14996669 alien9999999 : :-(

She is quite a bit older than me, but she was very cool in Alien Resurrection.
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Alien is my name and headbiting is my game.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14996669 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:00:35 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14995740 cork1958 : Ubuntu "Breezy" 5.10 rocks!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14995740 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 06:00:30 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14995456 anon : If you want to use both smoothie GUI and your router, just replug into your wan port and change your routers ip to that of your SW; ie mine is 192.168.0.1 and my router is 192.168.0.2. After you change your router setting switch back to your lan port instead of the wan port. This will allow you to connect to you SW box and your router gui. Enjoy.

Oh buy the way, I run SUSE 10 and love it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14995456 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:06:00 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14994144 ironwalker :
said by Al1776 See Profile :

said by dave See Profile :

You might be better off asking this question over in the Security forum, though.
I agree, but I was hoping the OP would tell me what HE uses as I want to hear from actual users who are not XP haters.

I wonder how Access 2000 would run under Crossover Office. Maybe I won't have to run Windows? Then again there is the 'right tool for the job' thing... and I have a dual boot box.. but have not booted to XP for 2 years... and never while connected to the router.

Al
I use xp too....and to answer your question and to mimic dave.....a brain.
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said by computx See Profile :

he is probably hanging out somewhere with Sigourney Weaver.
Not even in his dreams.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14994083 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 22:13:17 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14993565 Mercurybird : Bummer! I mean, "bother, said Pooh", "that alien slobbers so bad, he's ruining all my honey." But then, he's hanging with Sigourney. What can you expect? :D
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14993565 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:57:06 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14993518 computx : Since his name and avatar is Alien he is probably hanging out somewhere with Sigourney Weaver.
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14993003 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:36:41 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14992871 alien9999999 : there is that,

but also, don't switch distro's like you switch food...

be patient with your food and try it a few times... ;-)
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Alien is my name and headbiting is my game.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14992871 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:17:16 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14992646 Mercurybird : Okay thanks for the heads up on M. I'll keep that in mind. Ya never know, I might be in the market for another flavor if this doesn't work out. And what can I say, I'll probably be driven toward it later on just out of curiosity. After all, back to the Baskin Robins illustration, with this many flavors at my fingertips, how can I try just one? ;)
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14992646 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:38:25 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14992417 alien9999999 :
said by Mercurybird See Profile :

That was sadly contrasted with Mandriva (sp?) which would give you a free version, but apparently they blazen a big FREE accross the front of it.
lol, that's just the wallpaper ;-)...

btw: at my previous work, I have had a windows PC fully viralled in under 12 seconds, since I was just installing it, and wanting to install SP2 to get the firewall installed. Anyway, i donno much about windows security, but it was just installed and already done for...

PS: linux distributions need to survive too, so they sell versions with support... hence the free versions, (if you dislike the free, just buy it ;-) ).

PPS: I prefer mandriva, cause of the easy install and the very good Mandrake Control Center...
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Alien is my name and headbiting is my game.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14992417 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 18:02:52 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990737 Mercurybird : Oh yeah I remember reading that. I remember the reference to the 40 minutes. Not updated huh? :hmm: They probably didn't have that cheesy firewall configured either. I bet a blind buzzard at 40,000' coulda seen that PC on the net. :D
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990737 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:50:14 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990712 Mercurybird : Thanks everyone. I've been looking at different versions. I've settled on Ubuntu. Mainly because it is so well supported, and that support is so positive. They are very generous with all the advanced features and software. They are also sending me a free CD. Really first class.

That was sadly contrasted with Mandriva (sp?) which would give you a free version, but apparently they blazen a big FREE accross the front of it.

There were other things, the GUI, etc.. Thanks everyone! :D
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990712 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:45:54 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990703 wiles : I remember reading somewhere that an unupdated version of Windows XP freshly installed and connected to the internet ended up compromised in like 40 minutes or something like that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990703 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:43:30 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990658 Mercurybird : Well you're probably running a NAT router, which protects you better than the earlier models. I run a NAT router, but because I added a Smoothwall box after that, I've bypassed the WAN port on the router and using it as a hub, of sorts. So I'm not sure if the NAT features, or any other features for that matter, are still in effect. Likely not since I can't connect to the router's web GUI. But Smoothwall takes care of all of that for me.

One thing though, you make an excellent point on the more advanced settings of your browser. I've never set my settings up to the higher levels. Just the more basic advanced levels to allow just session cookies, etc.. I'm going to go ahead and do that now that you've reminded me of it.

I don't know what test your referring to, but I can imagine. :) It creates a mental picture of someone sticking a lamb on the edge of the forrest and leaving it there to see if anything bad is in the forest. No wait a minute... that would be a test to see if a lamb really is defenseless. :D
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990658 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:33:58 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990575 wiles : You know, the problem with Windows is more of the user's fault. I have Windows XP Pro on some machines, even as a dual boot with my linux. I run absolutely no protection on it for virus or spyware, aside from doing the regular security updates and a router firewall. I've never had one issue with spyware. It is a question of what sites you visit in order to compromise your machine. I find also just setting certain options in the web browser pretty much prompts you if you want to install a piece of spyware.

I'm still kinda interested in how they ran a test by just installing a copy of windows and connecting it to the internet on how it got infected and compromised.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990575 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 13:20:04 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990446 Mercurybird :
said by Al1776 See Profile :

said by Mercurybird See Profile :

I'm coming to Linux out of a love for Linux, not a dislike, or hatred, of Windows. I love Windows XP Home. It's stable as a rock for me. Does everything I want and need it to. No hiccups.
I am NOT trying to troll. I may have to run WinXP-Home (for job) and I would like to know what you use to keep out the spyware and adware and virus ware? I've been running Linux for the past four years and I have no knowledge on how to secure Windows XP because it has never been an issue with Linux beyond the router firewall and the client firewall that comes with my distro (Kanotix).

Thanks for any information on what I should buy, install, etc.

Al
Take this request to the Security Forum and look at their tab for Security updates. Notice that the updates are seperated into categories. Go to the webpage of each one and read their blurb. You'll be very knowledgable before too long. Also, in the Security Forum, look at the left panel. Look for the polls of each type of security software. Look at each of the poll's results. You'll see what's best by what's most popular. I wish you well. But most of all, remember, security is mostly common sense and discretion. ;)
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990446 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:58:09 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990211 Al1776 :
said by dave See Profile :

You might be better off asking this question over in the Security forum, though.
I agree, but I was hoping the OP would tell me what HE uses as I want to hear from actual users who are not XP haters.

I wonder how Access 2000 would run under Crossover Office. Maybe I won't have to run Windows? Then again there is the 'right tool for the job' thing... and I have a dual boot box.. but have not booted to XP for 2 years... and never while connected to the router.

Al]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990211 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:23:41 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990127 dave :
said by Al1776 See Profile :

I would like to know what you use to keep out the spyware and adware and virus ware?
I find "a brain" works quite well. :-)

You might be better off asking this question over in the Security forum, though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990127 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:13:22 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990116 Al1776 :
said by Mercurybird See Profile :

I'm coming to Linux out of a love for Linux, not a dislike, or hatred, of Windows. I love Windows XP Home. It's stable as a rock for me. Does everything I want and need it to. No hiccups.
I am NOT trying to troll. I may have to run WinXP-Home (for job) and I would like to know what you use to keep out the spyware and adware and virus ware? I've been running Linux for the past four years and I have no knowledge on how to secure Windows XP because it has never been an issue with Linux beyond the router firewall and the client firewall that comes with my distro (Kanotix).

Thanks for any information on what I should buy, install, etc.

Al]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14990116 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 12:11:18 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14989885 wiles : I started with an installation of Arch Linux. This is what I use to this day. It has a very nice package management system, pacman, and it is relatively easy to set up if you know what you are doing in a sense. By this I mean, you'll learn a decent amount about how the system works and its config files. It's optimized for faster processors so you might see a bit better performance. Read their installation guide, it's only a few steps and after partions are set up, you'll be up in running in 30 mins.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14989885 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:30:58 EDT Re: Simplify it for me please... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14989846 Happyrat : Your best bet will be to try the Live CDs and DVDs out there and see which size fits you best.

Asking this question in this forum will simply bring up a lot of regulars touting their own favorite flavors.

"*cough* SuSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *cough*" :D

Anyway, don't really expect too much constructive advice from this thread. You can get the same answers from reading a thousand similar posts in this forum :)
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I'm running Smoothwall. Hence the avatar. Now I'm ready to jump into a full blown version of Linux. Let me say though, I'm coming to Linux out of a love for Linux, not a dislike, or hatred, of Windows. I love Windows XP Home. It's stable as a rock for me. Does everything I want and need it to. No hiccups.

But I've seen the GUIs of the Linux flavors out there and I'm intrigued. Such eye candy- and from Linux! :p I want a version that will do all the things (within reason) that Windows will do. Especially the web and email. But a version with some security built into it.

Your FAQ said choose Mandrake, Red Hat, etc.. So I'm willing to start there. Or stay there if I like it. So I just want to get pointed to the right link and download it, and get neck deep in it. It'll be fun clawing my way back out of it. But I'll learn a lot along the way. :D

Anyway I appreciate all of you!:D
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They said if I wanted to take the "C" out of RAP that I would have to put it in somewhere else. So here it is; What's crappening?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14989826 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:19:34 EDT