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TechWarrior @TechWarrior (207) • India 18 Feb 07

Why is the common PC user so hooked to windows inspite of so many good flavours of linux available in the market and that to open source.

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lifemaximum well i say the secret of their success is to the apporch that they took ,by not producing their own computers like apple, which apple is slowly shifting away from it now. But with the linux getting stronger and Mac OS X coming on intel chips and other pcs soon...

22 Feb 07

lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 19 Feb 07

I would like to know why u linux users switched to linux? share it with us? for i always hated maintance work on windows , defragementation , virus scaning, getting firewalls and lots of programs to protect my PC , it was...

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lifemaximum Glad to hear that u are making progress. However i would agree that Gentoo is not the easiest around , i personally never used it but i have heard of it not being as easy as others to use, i would personally recommand that u use Ubuntu 6.10 or if u want the...

22 Feb 07

lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 19 Feb 07

I would like to know why u linux users switched to linux? share it with us? for i always hated maintance work on windows , defragementation , virus scaning, getting firewalls and lots of programs to protect my PC , it was...

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lifemaximum i c, quite interesting , never knew.

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lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 19 Feb 07

I would like to know why u linux users switched to linux? share it with us? for i always hated maintance work on windows , defragementation , virus scaning, getting firewalls and lots of programs to protect my PC , it was...

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lifemaximum thanks for the heads up.

22 Feb 07

lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Developers may overlook security holes, users may do things nobody thought of, and not all systems are identical. Software developers are human and they make mistakes now and then, it happens, but of all major software vendors...

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lifemaximum yea, u see i see ppl around use windows complain so much about it having hard time, and they think windows are the best cause they spend 300 USD and it comes from Microsoft. They think Microsoft is God and can't make no mistake, the problem is they never used...

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lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Developers may overlook security holes, users may do things nobody thought of, and not all systems are identical. Software developers are human and they make mistakes now and then, it happens, but of all major software vendors...

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lifemaximum oh yeas i typed it all out. It wasn't too much. Well i guess i am used to type so much . I can type quite fast it is alrite , after u do a few courses of programming u will be a faster typer turst me,

22 Feb 07

lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Developers may overlook security holes, users may do things nobody thought of, and not all systems are identical. Software developers are human and they make mistakes now and then, it happens, but of all major software vendors...

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lifemaximum i meant to say if u have to run windows dun get it updated.somehow i forgot to put the work dun inside the sentence.

22 Feb 07

lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Developers may overlook security holes, users may do things nobody thought of, and not all systems are identical. Software developers are human and they make mistakes now and then, it happens, but of all major software vendors...

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lifemaximum yea i always tell my friends if u have to run windows to get it updated , dun connect it to the net , dun put uknown software in it. Windows is quite fregile.

22 Feb 07

lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Opera is great , in my opinion it is the best browser. it is known as the fastest browser. It is free with excelent standard support. Your desktop is kept tidy through its tabbed browsing features, which opens all webpages in...

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lifemaximum yeap it is pretty nice , the feature also helps u to fill out forms faster, i duno if u know this already or not in perferences there is a forum that u can fill up with your details and everytime in the net u are ask for them it automatically fills up your...

22 Feb 07

lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Opera is great , in my opinion it is the best browser. it is known as the fastest browser. It is free with excelent standard support. Your desktop is kept tidy through its tabbed browsing features, which opens all webpages in...

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lifemaximum well u could download it for free from the web site and use it too . it worths a try

22 Feb 07

lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Opera is great , in my opinion it is the best browser. it is known as the fastest browser. It is free with excelent standard support. Your desktop is kept tidy through its tabbed browsing features, which opens all webpages in...

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lifemaximum is your cookies setting enabled ?u can change it under perference,advance,cookies? How much meomry cache do u use do u have that enabled ?you can find out under preferences, advance,history those helps u visit pages fast, I tried yahoo and it loaded jus...

21 Feb 07

andben @andben (1075) • Italy 8 Feb 07

Linux or Mac, which is the best? I currently use Linux and I tryed Mac for some time. I think Mac is better.

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lifemaximum I meant to say Mac not Makes sorry for the typo,

21 Feb 07

andben @andben (1075) • Italy 8 Feb 07

Linux or Mac, which is the best? I currently use Linux and I tryed Mac for some time. I think Mac is better.

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lifemaximum well both are equally good , both are based on Unix which makes them very reliable, makes is all together and very easy to use and things gets down fast, and u dun have to spend lots of time setting it up it is a very good system and very user friendly. I use...

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hiretto @hiretto (64) • Italy 20 Feb 07

One mans surreal story of the changes Windows Vista has brought to his computing life and how he has come to terms with it. You know Microsoft should take a look. This story is really entertaining as well as a true representation...

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lifemaximum what story ? did u forget to post the story here.? or the link ?

21 Feb 07

thebeing @thebeing (657) • Romania 19 Feb 07

Do you guys know a website or have an e-book, or something, that teaches linux? I mean, not a too big refference for it, but something to teach what's the best version, how to install it, the basics of it's use, and things like...

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lifemaximum The best way to learn linux is hands on , u need to install a distro of linux on your system read up on it on the net join the forums post your problem and others will help u how to reslove issues one by one and slowly u will learn, the best source to learn...

21 Feb 07

c45hfl0w @c45hfl0w (77) • Latvia 20 Feb 07

I`ll start with the fact I tried Linux knoppix (live cd) yesterday but I had problems: 1) the mouse cursor show`d up for few seconds and then lost, the mouse worked, I could see I was selecting something but I couldn`t see the...

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lifemaximum It is strange i used Ubuntu on PIII comp and PII and it could run fairly well. I never came accross your problem before what graphic card do u use?

21 Feb 07

deepuj @deepuj (591) • India 14 Feb 07

I have got firefox, IE n opera installed in my pc. but i used firefox n IE most of the time.Today i jus happended to use opera for a change, i observed a strange difference here.Anyone else using opera, are they experiencing...

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lifemaximum i am using opera rite now and i dun see any problem with it on mylot , it looks normal to me , anyway jus wanted to say that Opera has little followers and many of its features are unkown due to lack of publicity , but it is a very good browser it is knowns...

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deepak007 @deepak007 (514) • India 21 Feb 07

what are the plus points you see

opera browser

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lifemaximum it has lots of features 1, Widgets 2.Fraud protection 3.BitTorrent 4.Content blocker 5.Mouse gestures and a lot lot more visit the http://www.opera.com/products/desktop/ to see the list of all the features available, and u can download it for free...

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lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Opera is great , in my opinion it is the best browser. it is known as the fastest browser. It is free with excelent standard support. Your desktop is kept tidy through its tabbed browsing features, which opens all webpages in...

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lifemaximum @lifemaximum (302) • Malaysia 21 Feb 07

Developers may overlook security holes, users may do things nobody thought of, and not all systems are identical. Software developers are human and they make mistakes now and then, it happens, but of all major software vendors...

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lifemaximum Well said , i jus had to give it the best response.

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