Most of the time I use Linux. I also use 'Winders. My systems run extremely well and I have never been plaqued with problems. My regimen for windows works quite well and I thought I would share them with ya'll When I use 'winders for anti virus I use two free programs that together according to slash dot and some other sites I visit.... work as well or better that any purchased version. I use Avast Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition and AVG AVG Free Advisor - AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition I also used in conjuction Spybot for spyware, The home of Spybot-S&D! and I use Adaware for other nasties Ad-Aware 2007 Free - Lavasoft I use ccleaner for cleanups. www.ccleaner.com/ These programs are for my Winders setup and keeps everything ticking along quite smoothly and all work together fine. Wanna know the best part? ALL of them are free. Even the Antiviral programs and the updates. I have an extensive computer network in my home consisting of a large server, 5 desktops, 4 laptops, print servers, 2 laser jets, 3 laser printers, streaming video and music to everything, both wireless and wired.... My setup has been jammin for numerous years with no problems using the programs I mentioned for winders... All of my 'puters dual boot in winders and Linux. Linux for the most part just runs and runs...Does not require all the crap winders does... Do ya want a free killer photoshop program? GIMP - for Windows Do ya want a killer office program as good as MS winders stuff? Go to OpenOffice.org: Home and download the winders version Do ya” like the IM stuff? Try this one......... Home | Pidgin or a great defrag program waaaay better than windoze... go to Disk Defrag - Reclaim the Speed Of Your Disks here is an awesome media player with numerous codecs and plays all types of stuff VLC media player - Overview Should you wish to try LINUX easily and without fear....and not do any harm to your existing computer system..... Go to Wubi - The Easiest Way to Linux Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you wanted to try them but you were afraid, this is for you. ALL the stuff I just showed you is safe, no popups, viri or other nasty crap that usually comes with free programs. I hope some of you will find this information uselfull an that it will help you in some small way... ENJOY!
Excuse my ignorance..but what is Linux? I thought it was another o/s..why install it as well as vista?
