Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-05 Thread john levin
Wulfy wrote: > Roberto Sarrionandia wrote: >> On Sunday 04 March 2007 21:53:17 Benjamin Webb wrote: >> >>> So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a >>> software one. >>> >>> What about anti-virus software though? Is there any software that >>> scans for Linux viruses,

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 01:46:50PM +, Wulfy wrote: > Oh, I wasn't meaning to imply they were active or that they were a risk > to *buntu desktops. It's just that the statement that there are no > Linux viruses is misleading. How so? Fact is that there are current viruses for Windows, loads

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-05 Thread Wulfy
Alan Pope wrote: > On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:45:41PM +, Wulfy wrote: > >> >> >> Admittedly, 14 compared to hundreds or thousands is *almost* zero... :@) >> >> > > Ok, taking two of those totally at random. > > http://en.wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-05 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:45:41PM +, Wulfy wrote: > Roberto Sarrionandia wrote: > > On Sunday 04 March 2007 21:53:17 Benjamin Webb wrote: > > > >> So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a > >> software one. > >> > >> What about anti-virus software though? Is ther

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-05 Thread Wulfy
Roberto Sarrionandia wrote: > On Sunday 04 March 2007 21:53:17 Benjamin Webb wrote: > >> So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a >> software one. >> >> What about anti-virus software though? Is there any software that >> scans for Linux viruses, or do they all just c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-04 Thread Adam McMaster
On 04/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a > software one. > > What about anti-virus software though? Is there any software that > scans for Linux viruses, or do they all just check for windows ones? > > I'll make sur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-04 Thread Roberto Sarrionandia
On Sunday 04 March 2007 21:53:17 Benjamin Webb wrote: > So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a > software one. > > What about anti-virus software though? Is there any software that > scans for Linux viruses, or do they all just check for windows ones? > > I'll make sur

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-04 Thread Benjamin Webb
So, I've got a hardware firewall in my router, so I shouldn't need a software one. What about anti-virus software though? Is there any software that scans for Linux viruses, or do they all just check for windows ones? I'll make sure I use a different password for my Ubuntu install (I'm terrible f

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-04 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 03/03/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Phil, I have recently switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu on my > desktop- I am using an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro router.(with one port) > I have just bought a secondhand laptop which also has Ubuntu- and I > was interested in t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-04 Thread Caroline Ford
john levin wrote: >> Dear Phil, I have recently switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu on my >> desktop- I am using an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro router.(with one port) >> I have just bought a secondhand laptop which also has Ubuntu- and I >> was interested in the possibility of getting a router with more

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-03 Thread john levin
> Dear Phil, I have recently switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu on my > desktop- I am using an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro router.(with one port) > I have just bought a secondhand laptop which also has Ubuntu- and I > was interested in the possibility of getting a router with more than > one port-have

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-03 Thread Philip Wyett
On 03/03/07, London School of Puppetry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 03/03/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Benjamin Webb wrote: > > > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, > > > > Welcome! > > > > > but I use an AOL ADSL mode

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-03 Thread London School of Puppetry
On 03/03/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Benjamin Webb wrote: > > > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, > > > > Welcome! > > > > > but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not > > > work well with linux (a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-03 Thread Philip Wyett
On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Benjamin Webb wrote: > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, Welcome! > but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not > work well with linux (apparently the eccisadsl drivers may be > uncompatible). > > Therefore, I a router

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-03 Thread alan c
Benjamin Webb wrote: > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, Welcome! > but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not > work well with linux (apparently the eccisadsl drivers may be > uncompatible). > > Therefore, I a router to replace it with. I have found this: > http:/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-02 Thread Philip Wyett
On 02/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 02/03/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 02/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, but I use an AOL ADSL modem > > to access the internet. This will not work well wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-02 Thread Benjamin Webb
On 02/03/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 02/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, but I use an AOL ADSL modem > > to access the internet. This will not work well with linux (apparently > > the eccisadsl drivers may be unc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-02 Thread Philip Wyett
On 02/03/07, Benjamin Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not work well with linux (apparently the eccisadsl drivers may be uncompatible). Therefore, I a router to replace it with. I have found th

[ubuntu-uk] Thinking about switching to linux

2007-03-02 Thread Benjamin Webb
I am thinking about swithcing to ubuntu, but I use an AOL ADSL modem to access the internet. This will not work well with linux (apparently the eccisadsl drivers may be uncompatible). Therefore, I a router to replace it with. I have found this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linksys-5-Port-100-Switch-SD2