Re: How does a novice do this

2009-12-16 Thread Jochen Schulz
Joe: > Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >> And, by the way: I don't know about any "desktop firewall" like Trend >> Micro's for Linux. Firewall applications for Linux take a different >> approach than those for Windows and this is generally a good thing. In >> short, you don't need such software when runni

Re: How does a novice do this

2009-12-16 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:48:23 -0800, A. Kane wrote: > I am a novice not at all a computer geek. I just want simple clean > internet and email with a good program like windows media center > handling everything else along with some axillary stuff. I am not a fan > of Windows or the Organization or o

Re (2): How does a novice do this

2009-12-16 Thread peasthope
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:28:04 +, Joe wrote, > ... most Windows 'personal firewalls' now make a quick check > of a program requesting outgoing access, and match it against a hash > which was calculated when the program was first installed and made its > first attempt to connect out. With

Re: How does a novice do this

2009-12-16 Thread Joe
Jochen Schulz wrote: And, by the way: I don't know about any "desktop firewall" like Trend Micro's for Linux. Firewall applications for Linux take a different approach than those for Windows and this is generally a good thing. In short, you don't need such software when running Linux and in my o

Re: How does a novice do this

2009-12-16 Thread Jochen Schulz
[I am CCing you since I suppose you are not subscribed to the list. Sorry if that bothers you.] A. Kane: > > […] I am an artist and therefore very visual. If I can see it I know > if I want it. What can you suggest; is there a simple solution. I > currently use Firefox and Thunderbird and Open

Re: How does a novice do this [REF:41622147855]

2009-12-15 Thread Red Hat Customer Service
://www.redhat.com/promo/vendor/ Original Message From: nealho...@gmail.com Sent: 15-Dec-2009 22:18:06 To: a...@jakane.co.cc Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org; customerserv...@redhat.com Subject: Re: How does a novice do this On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM, A. Kane wrote: > I am a novice

Re: How does a novice do this

2009-12-15 Thread Mark Allums
On 12/15/2009 8:48 PM, A. Kane wrote: I am a novice not at all a computer geek. I just want simple clean internet and email with a good program like windows media center handling everything else along with some axillary stuff. I am not a fan of Windows or the Organization or of their products oth

Re: How does a novice do this

2009-12-15 Thread Neal Hogan
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM, A. Kane wrote: > I am a novice not at all a computer geek. I just want simple clean internet > and email with a good program like windows media center handling everything > else along with some axillary stuff. I am not a fan of Windows or the > Organization or of t

How does a novice do this

2009-12-15 Thread A. Kane
I am a novice not at all a computer geek. I just want simple clean internet and email with a good program like windows media center handling everything else along with some axillary stuff. I am not a fan of Windows or the Organization or of their products other than they have a monopoly when yo