Re: [PLUG] iptables -A INPUT -s Howard_Bloom/0 -j DROP

[Rebecca Ore <ogoense.net@verizon.net>]

On Monday, September 13, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Stephen Gran wrote:

> ISTM that Howard is not
> comfortable with linux yet, and can't figure out how to do what he
> wants/needs to do with linux, and is taking out his short comings and
> frustrations on anyone who will listen.

To be honest, there are some things Linux can't do.  I'm using a Mac 
because I have to communicate with people who have MS Word installed 
and they can't open Open Office equivalent files, it seems.  Don't know 
if they'll be able to open Mac Word files yet, but it's one less step 
for me to use roughly the same programs that the people I work for and 
with do.

But if everyone was using Linux and Open Office, then I would be happy 
to use those.

Some of this is an "it depends" situation.  The average home user can 
use Linux on the desktop and do most of the things home users do 
(except perhaps for some gaming), and for these people, Linux is likely 
to be way more secure than the Windows equivalent.  The average office 
may need programs where Linux equivalents don't exist or may need to 
communicate with other people still running MS Word.

Which desktops?

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