HairyFish

Since i can remember i have always used Windows, i have ventured into the unknown territories of Linux a couple of times but nothing got me hooked.

1. A few years ago the first PC i had was on the way out and i asked a techie friend to expalin and maybe walk me through a RedHAT Linux installation. Now at the time RedHat wasn’t the whizzy-mc-dizzy one cd install it is today and to be honest it was a nightmare, non-win modem, nothing worked and to be honest the only thing that appealled to me at the time was the fact you could have multi desktops!

2. In the past few years I got the Linux itch again but instead of wiping my laptop and losing my sanity again i installed VmWare and installed a Virtual Machine of SUSE 8.0 and although because it was sharing the piss ass slow system i had with Windows it sucked big time but it did show a lot of potential! I loved the GUI and although i didnt take it out for a spin online it had all the appropriate tools!

So here i am again now, after seeing it over on Seans Blog, the gOS has kinda taken my fancy! It’s sleek looking and light weight and has all the Google Gadgetry that i would need! Now granted that they are all web based apps and i don’t have broadband at home so it would generally be a waste for that purpose but I just feel like i have to move on, i’m sick of Windows crashing every time i connect it up online due to some new worm / virus.

I have a few questions for those in the know!

1. Does running Linux improve my chances of not getting common virii spyware?
2. Is pretty much everything compatible with Linux nowadays

So i’m airing on the side of gOS, even though there doesn’t seem to be that much support online for it and i don’t have a permanent connection online…

Your thoughts? Which Linux OS would you reccommend?

gOS

The antivirus business is huge! Billions of euro spent on protecting your digital rights, secrets and keeping your from being the next digital victim of phishing, identity theft and fraud. Up to date subscription services come bundled with practically every PC you buy through Dell now so it’s a big cash cow, but it’s a cow that primarily feeds on fear – your fear!

With internet horror stories everywhere about how they can apply for a credit card online using your bebo picture or how they know your mothers maiden name through decoding your Freudian nickname for Messenger, it’s no wonder people don’t want to get caught out but is all this worry really that necessary?

I had to laugh on my way home from work yesterday, tuning into Newstalk I caught a bit of The Right Hook where they had an expert from an electronic security firm on to inform us that simply hitting the delete key or formatting a drive isn’t enough anymore. The same company bought a geansaí load of PC’s at auction cheaply and scanned the information and low and behold they found credit card numbers, PPS numbers dental records and blood types. All the information necessary to actually become someone.

Now I’m not making light of the story, I just find it a bit post-911/esque fear factor for my liking! Last week it’s how they can sell your house with your facebook details and now they want to black mail you with a copy of your emails and an expired credit card on an old hard drive! It takes a baddy turned goody to tell us what the next generation baddies are going to do!

Gone are the days when you would gladly give your credit card over and let them carbon copy it and give it back to you and not suspect a thing! Now its all about shielding your pin and your last three digits of your CSV number and burning your old hard drives etc

The antivirus business is huge! Billions of euro spent on protecting your digital rights, secrets and keeping your from being the next digital victim of phishing, identity theft and fraud. Up to date subscription services come bundled with practically every PC you buy through Dell now so it’s a big cash cow, but it’s a cow that primarily feeds on fear – your fear!

With internet horror stories everywhere about how they can apply for a credit card online using your bebo picture or how they know your mothers maiden name through decoding your Freudian nickname for Messenger, it’s no wonder people don’t want to get caught out but is all this worry really that necessary?

I had to laugh on my way home from work yesterday, tuning into Newstalk I caught a bit of The Right Hook where they had an expert from an electronic security firm on to inform us that simply hitting the delete key or formatting a drive isn’t enough anymore. The same company bought a geansaí load of PC’s at auction cheaply and scanned the information and low and behold they found credit card numbers, PPS numbers dental records and blood types. All the information necessary to actually become someone.

Now I’m not making light of the story, I just find it a bit post-911/esque fear factor for my liking! Last week it’s how they can sell your house with your facebook details and now they want to black mail you with a copy of your emails and an expired credit card on an old hard drive! It takes a baddy turned goody to tell us what the next generation baddies are going to do!

Gone are the days when you would gladly give your credit card over and let them carbon copy it and give it back to you and not suspect a thing! Now its all about shielding your pin and your last three digits of your CSV number and burning your old hard drives etc