[Techtalk] Windows-like Linux

[WolfRyder]

Melanie,

An alternative is to download Eudora (free with ads) or pay for a copy of 
Eudora Pro. I've used it for years with no problem.
http://www.eudora.com/

Also a good anti-virus program (I know, oxymoron here) would help if it was 
set up to scan incoming email attachments, scan the drive(s) at least 
weekly and .dat files are kept up to date (the hardest part).

Also, a good firewall program is not very expensive and a good investment.

That way, she wouldn't have that problem, as the viruses are usually 
Outlook-aimed.

Trying to teach someone linux when they have trouble even with windows is 
just asking for continual tutorials and repairs. At least that's my experience.

No matter how good/bad Wine or VMWare or Lindows is, there's still the 
problem of speed. My husband has tried both Wine and VMWare yet he kept his 
dual boot  (@ home) on his system because he wasn't happy with the results 
(he plays a lot of games that require Win98). And he's a network admin who 
successfully converted the network where he works to SuSE, only uses SuSE 
machines to work with/on @ work, and is pushing StarOffice and Eudora Pro 
to become the standard tools with his boss and coworkers.

Carol aka WolfRyder


At 05:08 AM 3/16/02 -0800, No Body wrote:
>I'm getting tired of removing viruses from my parent's
>Windows box, so I suggested to them that I could
>install Linux instead. However, my mom does not have
>the mental capacity (really, I'm not being mean, she
>has a problem... it can take her a minute to remember
>how to turn her computer on) to learn a new system. I
>remember hearing somewhere that there's a way to make
>Linux work and look exactly like Windows...?
>
>
>~Melanie
>
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