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[Tom <1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi :)

Martin, i wasn't referring to you having bad Cd images, i was referring
to the person that seems to have had multiple problems that the rest of
us hasn't (or only had in certain unusual cases when doing something
quite peculiar).


I am curious about setting up a login to a Ctirx server btw.  Could you give links or contact me off-list?
TomDavies04@xxxxxxxxxxx

I wasn't aware of the options to over&under clock systems from inside
OSes.  I've only ever done that sort of thing inside the bios and by
carefully selecting appropriate hardware (well, i have a  colleague who
sorts my hardware tbh).  Also i've played around with quite a few fairly
low-spec machines but not actual netbooks.


With regards to supporting other people i tend to find that it really doesn't matter which OS they are given or how much help and advice they are given they somehow always manage to stuff up whichever system they are given.  Of course some few exceptions.  Typically i find the easiest ones to recover from and solve are Ubuntu or other OpenSource systems.  The most intractable ones tend to be Windows systems that have become infected or where the user themselves has managed to actively destroy things.  


Wrt the banking sector's idea of security i have to say that banks seem to have the number 1 most appalling security.  They have insisted on me installing ActiveX and Java in order to use their systems despite many high profile cases of malware and remote attackers using those to compromise systems.  It seems they want me to installing unsafe systems in order to be able to blame me when things go wrong.  If they used the same type of security advice for their physical assets then they would regularly be getting robbed by kids with water-pistols or old men with a bottle-in-a-bag.  It honestly would not surprise me to learn they were using Windows 1998 server (home), unpatched, and with passwords such as "password"


Wrt the virus resetting DNS to Google servers that somehow seems a bit toooo obvious.  The fact that there was a problem was found fairly easily.  Presumably even the weeu (wide eyed end user) noticed their machine was having a problem.  

Also a LOT of times i find that people claim to have become infected by
some sort of virus as a way out of admitting they might have done
something themselves to create the problem.  It's better than them
admitting to having gone to a reported attack site, downloaded
something, chosen to run it and ok'd the computer's grumble!  Ok, so
i've not found people doing that but they do somehow install all sorts
of strange crap and then blame anyone but themselves for having tons of
toolbars in their web-browser.


The only time i have heard of Gnu&Linux servers getting compromised was 

1.  Under coordinated attacks from thousands or millions of machines all at the same time
2.  One network of servers that was left unpatched for 6 years and didn't even have a maintenance chap sweeping away cobwebs between machines!  Not even so much as a reboot or even a glance through their logs.  

On the other hand i have seen people having to reboot Windows servers
every few days and keep patched wekly and put a lot of time into dealing
with all sorts of petty issues even for a simple internet-gateway,
little more than a router really.


As for Gnu&Linux getting infected it's a relative term.  People i have had to trust have given me infected files which my system remained immune to and oblivious of and then i have passed the file on to other people.  Nowadays i tend to run an antivirus program purely to stop myself accidentally passing on such infected files from other people.  

People such as Google are known to respond quickly if/when problems
arise.  They don't spend the best part of 3 years adamantly insisting
there is no problem and that you should buy certain stuff to fix it and
then finally admit that there was a problem all that time but buying
their newer release fixes all that.


Regards from
Tom :)

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Title:
  Microsoft has a majority market share

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Bug description:
  Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC
  marketplace. This is a bug which Ubuntu and other projects are meant
  to fix. As the philosophy of the Ubuntu Project states, "Our work is
  driven by a belief that software should be free and accessible to
  all."

  "Ubuntu software is free. Always was, always will be. Free software gives everyone the freedom to use it however they want and share with whoever they like. This freedom has huge benefits. At one end of the spectrum it enables the Ubuntu community to grow and share its collective experience and expertise to continually improve all things Ubuntu. At the other, we are able to give access to essential software for those who couldn’t otherwise afford it – an advantage that’s keenly felt by individuals and organisations all over the world."
       * http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy

  Non-free software leaves users at the mercy of the software owner and
  concentrates control over the technology which powers our society into
  the hands of a few. Additionally, proprietary software stifles
  innovation, maintains artificial scarcities, and enables malicious
  anti-features such as DRM, surveillance, and other monopolistic
  practices.

  This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

  Steps to repeat:

      1. Visit a local PC store.
      2. Attempt to buy a machine without any proprietary software.

  What happens:

  Almost always, a majority of PCs for sale have Microsoft Windows pre-
  installed. In the rare cases that they come with a GNU/Linux operating
  system or no operating system at all, the drivers and BIOS may be
  proprietary.

  What should happen:

  A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software.

       * http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
       * http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
       * http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd

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