Windows SUX!! I need help changing over.

[AMiSM]

 Is Linux having as hard a time with viruses as windows seems to be?  I really need a change, but I can't get a foothold, though I've tried a half-dozen times.

 Which is better as a standard desktop, FreeBSD or Linux?

 How the heck do you install/unistall a driver in either?

 The man page make no sense just yet, are there any decent books on all this stuff?

[Raptor]

Is Linux having as hard a time with viruses as windows seems to be?

Do you even know what a virus is? Why not try installing a virus scanner?

[AMiSM]

I have Norton AV, I've tried McCafee.  I have ZA, and I've tried a couple of other firewalls.  I use Spy Doctor and I've used Spybot.
 I've tried Slackware.  I've tried FreeBSD.  I've tried Mandrake, and at one time I had Red Hat, but I can't get a groove.  I tried just diving in blind, but I'm not finding anything familiar to sink my teeth into.
I've got a big honkin' book on FreeBSD, but hardware incompatibilities literally shelved that idea.
 I just need a decent book and a good distro or something.

[Raptor]

I wouldn't know anything about that, but I have no virus problems on Windows. That's really the users fault.

[AMiSM]

 It just seems like when I first install Windows (for the 826423th time) it's slick and responsive, but it starts to slow down within days.

[Raptor]

Could be caused by just about anything.

[tinmanjohnny]

Install Suse 9.0 or9.1. Also dump all your temp and cookie files. Suggest Writing your harddrive to zeros to completely wipe it clean,repartition four primary,two for page/OS for Windows and two for Swap/OS for Linux.It be best to install the Linux(unix) OS on a separate harddrive.

[Mohamed_MaRchello]

ey there, well..suse 9.0 or 9.1 would really give you a nice groove..if thats what you looking for. Also, having to install firefox 2.0...would really make it more groovy.

I have dual boot for Suse 9.0 and windows XP(though i hate windows..sometimes its just ok to look back )

For security reasons:
Install smoothwall (very user friendly)
install nessus (shows the weakness of ur system and gives you solutions)

p.s Quit Windows man, the future looks likes a Penguin (man i think this line kills it all....remember i said it first..so i'll sue whoover takes my words  


peace.

[Redeyes_Gambit]

Did the slowdown come after installing programms? Do you have alot running in you system tray? How much Hard drive space do you have?

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