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Karen ([personal profile] karen2205) wrote2005-09-08 10:14 am

Yay - working internet connection!

I went to the shop to collect my computer after work yesterday and got them to test the modem, which produced exactly the same error for them as it did for me. I wasn't exactly pleased by this, but it at least made me feel that I was justified in saying 'this isn't working'. They replaced the modem for me and it works!

Went from there to [livejournal.com profile] ewtikins's house where I got to play with screws and bolts and shelves and stuff. And she fed me very nice chilli:-) Saw [livejournal.com profile] mstevens for the first time in a while too.

Came home and played with my computer till 2am ish - it now has XiRCON and PuTTY installed.

Cutting for questions to get the geeks arguing:

(a) recommend a mail client

(b) recommend a news reader

(c) remind me how to set up the localhost thing on urchin to get a newsfeed

(d) recommend a web browser

(e) my machine has wireless capabilities. I've no idea how to go about using it. When it comes to wanting to download large files would it be worth my while to find a wireless access point and learn how to use it?

(f) recommend a version of linux - the last time I asked this question someone told me the answer was Debian but to ask again when I actually needed the information

(g) I need to get hold of MySQL - would I be better offering beer tokens in exchange for a CD or doing (e)?

(h) The machine runs XP Pro and has Norton anti-virus software already installed. Is this sufficient or should I get different anti-virus software?
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[identity profile] jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com 2005-09-08 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
d) Have you ever tried Tab Mix Plus? I used to be a big Tabbrowser Extensions fan, but Tab Mix Plus does just about everything TBE used to do and doesn't have "DON'T USE THIS" hanging over it.

f) I am shocked that there seems to be such (near-?)unanimity on Linux distro of choice these days. In a good way.

h) Karen, consider suggestions from this article and this one. For me, Windows XP SP 2 firewall, ZoneAlarm (installed before getting online!), AVG Free Edition, AdAware and Spybot Search and Destroy do the trick, but I am worried in that there seem to be several entire classes of software, per the latter article, that I am avoiding altogether.
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[personal profile] lovingboth 2005-09-08 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I haven't, but I am now, thanks.

It seems to things that the "recommended" alternatives didn't, like have tab scrolling (although I miss having a proper scroll bar). I also miss the tab groups and the 'save tab sessions'.

Hmmm, I wonder if it's compatible with the alternative tab colourer I tried once.

I'm not surprised, as Ubuntu is an awful lot less of a hassle than any other free distro I've tried.