Posted October 26, 200816 yr Alias wrote: >and you can download the new Ubuntu, Intrepid Ibex, from > http://www.ubuntu.com/ > > What you can do with Ubuntu: > > Email > Surf the web > Burn CDs. > Rip CDs. > Listen to music. > Watch vidoes/DVDs. > Scan and print. > Spreadsheets. > Presentations > Newsgroups. > HTML editing. > Games like Chess, Tetris, all kinds of solitaire, etc. > Make videos. > Download photos from a camera and organize them. > Translations. > Use a dictionary > Learn how to touch type. > Edit images. > Send and receive a fax. > Take screenshots. > Create .PDF files. > Create and use a data base. > Instant messaging with over 10 different programs in one including > Windows Live Messenger. > IRC. > Bluetooth. > > and much more! > > What you can't do with Ubuntu: > > Worry about: > WPA and WGA raising their ugly heads, > DRM, > Viruses, > Root kits, > Spyware, > and > Malware. > > The reasons that Ubuntu is more secure than Windows are twofold: > > 1. When *anything* in Ubuntu needs updating or patching, it all comes > from the same source and a little orange star appears when any updates > or patches are available. It's a known fact that anti virus apps and > anti malware apps can only deal with nasties that are known, not the new > ones. Hence, it is very important to be updated or patched and not just > the operating system but everything that is installed on the computer. > Windows has no central updating source and the user has to be checking > constantly for updates to their programs or face the possibility of > being compromised. > > 2. In Ubuntu, when anything wants to install, you have to key in your > password. With Windows, you have to click on "OK" or nothing at all as > is evidenced by drive by malware. Unlike Windows, the Linux kernel is > not intertwined with a browser like Windows is with Internet Explorer > and the kernel is kept away and protected from the user account. > > Alias
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