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From: VK3XX@VK3FRS.#MEL.VIC.AUS.OC
To : PC@WW
Hi Wayne, and any others reading this,
Thanks for your response. Yes, I do feel a bit good about getting the 3
operating systems all going on the same machine. Those URL's regarding
radio uses of Linux are very useful and I will certainly give them a try.
Having been pretty paranoid about computer security when using ANY version
of Windows I wonder if you have any knowledge about the setting up of the
firewall in Mandrake 9.0. I need to get a bit more comfortable on this
before I will be game to use it on the Internet. I dont think that there
is a Linux version of Zone Alarm which I have been used to for years now.
I know that there is a Linux version of F-PROT anti virus and I am pretty
sure that I have seen a Linux version of AVG both of which I also use
under Windows. So that area is not such a worry.
So these items represent the next challenge for me followed by getting the
various upgrades downloaded and working, and that requires at least some
security comfort before I start downloading them. Rumour has it that Linux
vulnerability is very much less than Windows when on the internet. At
least I wont have to worry about Internet Explorer/Outlook Express. I only
use those in Windows when it is absolutely necessary such as for Windows
upgrades.
Of course there is still a lot more to learn just about running Linux
without the Internet first. There is just so much yet to read in there.
So thanks again for your inspiration to get "stuck in". If you cant answer
the above questions someone else might so cheers for now.
Just as a final matter on a totally different subject, being an ex G3 from
the 1940's I have lost track of the UK callsign significances. I know all
about M3 calls but what exactly is the M5 series signifying under the
latest rules in the UK. The same goes for the G or M7 calls. In my days in
the UK 7 was for an experimental licence. I have recently worked G7's on
20 metre CW.
Cheers for now and
73 - GORDON, VK3XX @ VK3FRS
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