Best get a Linux for Dummies from Amazon on order!

Lucky for us our enviroment isnt continually under attack.

Eset does the rest

Eset is fairly good stuff...we've tested them all over time. I think everyone just has to go with whatever is working best for their situation, whatever that is! Funnily enough, we had to study Linux for Dummies as part of one of the EHC courses we did. It was a good read and reference book.

Best get a Linux for Dummies from Amazon on order!

Lucky for us our enviroment isnt continually under attack.

Eset does the rest

Yet again for Linux you can get an on-line handbook for free.

I have been running Linux Ubuntu for about 5 years on my desktop, started by dual booting with XP but latest build 18 months ago is pure Ubuntu 10.04.

Recently bought a netbook pre-loaded with Windows 7, that is now running Ubuntu 11.10 straight out of the box.

Finally converted Mrs.Phosphoric's 4 year old Toshiba laptop to Ubuntu 11.04 and she's taken to it like a duck to water.

:thumbup:

I agree about serious gaming being poor on Linux, but then it's not that great in Windows either. Serious gamers use games consoles.

The best part of Ubuntu 10.04 is that the computer is useable within 25 seconds of hitting the power button. I don't have the hard drive churning for the next 5 minutes as it downloads anti-virus files. Turns off 5 seconds after hitting the shutdown icon. deep joy.

Mrs Estate woman took to Linux Ubuntu without any problems to. And that's after spending 20 years on Microsofts offerings. The learning curve isn't that great for most people, and I think it's easier for complete beginners who don't have Windows experience. We have now been using Linux for 7 years, again like you phosphoric, dual booted to start with for the first couple of years, but we actually don't have Windows on any computers in our home now. It is quite liberating to be able to do as you wish with your computer, no bios locked OEM Windows, no ultraexpensive retail version needed. We love it's speed and security. We do our work using Linux, involving documents, email, photos, design auto-cad work, spreadsheets & presentations. Also our Faxing, Skyping etc etc etc. All no problem for Linux and everything is for free. Oh, we do play games...I like first person shooter games and use 'Sauerbraten' which is brilliant fun after a hard day in the office! There are loads of others as you know and all free.

Sorry Trev, hijacked your thread....

Edited 23 January, 201214 yr by Estate Man

Estate Man - could the issue just that there are generally less Linux PC's (same as Macs) so that all you are seeing is less attacks because of less attackers?

Estate Man - could the issue just that there are generally less Linux PC's (same as Macs) so that all you are seeing is less attacks because of less attackers?

Hi Babs, there may be some truth in that or course, but I don't actually think it the main reason for the security that Linux enjoys.

The reason I say that is that Linux has, in one form or another been around for a very very long time and was being widely used even in the 80's on bank, business and government servers guarding high grade info. So there has always been a very good incentive to hack Linux and there is even more of an incentive now as it is very very widely used in businesses of all kinds and on home computers now, and has been since early 2000's when Linux started expanding very quickly into the retail customer type environment. Yet, inspite of a good take up by the organisations and the public at large, successful attacks haven't actually risen and no new Linux viruses or malware activity for PC/SERVERS has been detected. In fact it is generally known that only 50 or so Linux virus exist in captivity!! (that is not in the wild on the net). My last EHC was extensive and we were lucky enough to have some of the leading industry experts on hacking and software protection involved during the two week course. They actually demonstrated to us how hard it is to write and deploy a virus or malicious code that would/could infect Linux machines. In fact it proved so difficult that it is just not viable to do in most cases as the viruse or code has to be very very specific to the Linux machine and installing it is a nightmare (we tried) and usually just not possible, and that is why it's usually an insider who is paid to steal info from a Linux machine to gain high grade info. So home machines are very safe indeed.

I would urge you Babs to take another look at your Ubuntu install. If you want any info/advice let me know. I asked for plenty a few years back when I started with it and the online forum for Linux Ubuntu users is brilliant. I suggest setting up your installation using a 'To do List' for the version you are using as that is very easy and allows you to install equivalent software to any windows stuff that you may need. You can of course run some windows stuff in Linux anyway using a program call 'wine'. It's all in the To do Lists... example: To do List for Ubuntu 10.04LTS This method uses the terminal, but your don't have to do it that way, you can use the software centre if you want found in the applications on your machine. As a network manager you will not be afraid of the termina but some are. Babs, as usual, I'm wittering on. I'll stop!!!

Well, I've done it! Got the new computer and all (almost) is well. Getting used to windows 7 and I quite like it. Still exploring what it can do, but what I find best of all, is the speed of surfing, that's probably down to the 4 gigs of ram I've now got, as opposed to the 640megs I did have. Brilliant!

I do have a couple of queries though, and I hope you can help me out. Both to do with email. Please bare with me, as I'm a bit of a numpty when it comes to computers.

1. I used "easy transfer" and an external hard drive to transfer stuff from the old one to new one. This went well, but I expected all my email addresses from my "outlook2003" contacts list to be transfered, but I can find no sign of them. Is it possible to pass them across somehow?

2. Can I also transfer the actual emails that I have in my personal folders of outlook? I have outlook 2003 on the new computer.

Cheers, Trev.

Well, I've done it! Got the new computer and all (almost) is well. Getting used to windows 7 and I quite like it. Still exploring what it can do, but what I find best of all, is the speed of surfing, that's probably down to the 4 gigs of ram I've now got, as opposed to the 640megs I did have. Brilliant!

I do have a couple of queries though, and I hope you can help me out. Both to do with email. Please bare with me, as I'm a bit of a numpty when it comes to computers.

1. I used "easy transfer" and an external hard drive to transfer stuff from the old one to new one. This went well, but I expected all my email addresses from my "outlook2003" contacts list to be transfered, but I can find no sign of them. Is it possible to pass them across somehow?

2. Can I also transfer the actual emails that I have in my personal folders of outlook? I have outlook 2003 on the new computer.

Cheers, Trev.

You need to dig the .pst file from the old box, it may create a new personnel folder branch, I can't think how you do so it doesn't tbh. But you may end with two branches, as in old and new but you'll still be able to see them all.

Does this make sense ??

Outlook 2003:

Export the pst to a harddisk or USB key. It'll contain all the mail, contacts, calendar etc. Saves hunting for the original file and also shrinks the file be leaving all the wasted space behind.

If I remember correctly:

On the old machine

Open Outlook

File

Import/Export

Export to a file

Select .pst file type

Select where to export from (the very very top of the tree will give you all the mail, contacts etc)

Select where to put the file (external drive)

Then just next (no need for password etc)

If you've got a lot of mail: go and make tea.

On the new machine:

Open Outlook

File

Import/Export

Import a file

select .pst

select source (the external drive)

allow it to import into the same folder, but not create duplicates

(It's a bit hazey as I'm on 2010 and have no data to import)

If you've got a lot of mail, go and make a sandwich to go with the tea

Export is just a copy routine, so you shouldn't lose any data.

Hope this helps

Outlook 2003:

Export the pst to a harddisk or USB key. It'll contain all the mail, contacts, calendar etc. Saves hunting for the original file and also shrinks the file be leaving all the wasted space behind.

If I remember correctly:

On the old machine

Open Outlook

File

Import/Export

Export to a file

Select .pst file type

Select where to export from (the very very top of the tree will give you all the mail, contacts etc)

Select where to put the file (external drive)

Then just next (no need for password etc)

If you've got a lot of mail: go and make tea.

On the new machine:

Open Outlook

File

Import/Export

Import a file

select .pst

select source (the external drive)

allow it to import into the same folder, but not create duplicates

(It's a bit hazey as I'm on 2010 and have no data to import)

If you've got a lot of mail, go and make a sandwich to go with the tea

Export is just a copy routine, so you shouldn't lose any data.

Hope this helps

You Sir, are an absolute star, thank you, I'll have a crack at it tonight, hopefully numpty mode won't kick in and I'll get it done.

Well, it's all done now.

Thank you very very much to all who had input, especially rainbowfore, whose step by step instructions made my life very easy.

Thanks again everyone.

Cheers, Trev.

Right then, small problem.

I cannot click on any hyperlinks to open them up. I can physically click them, but nothing happens when I do. I can copy and paste them into a new tab if the hyperlink is an email address, but but if it is just a link with no email address, I'm completely jiggered with no access to the link. This happens on forums, including this one, ebay, direct.gov.uk sites, even trying to book a holiday I was thwarted.

It has been suggested it could be something to do with me using "easy transfer" to get the stuff from my old computer to this one, but I don't know enough to say whether this is correct or not. All help gratefully received, and remember, don't put any links in your answers . TIA

Cheers, Trev.