Comments on: Switching to Ubuntu http://www.gnorb.net/442/switching-to-ubuntu Fiction has to be plausible. Reality is under no such constraint. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:13:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/442/switching-to-ubuntu#comment-4825 Gnorb Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:19:30 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/technology/linux-and-open-source/20060622/switching-to-ubuntu/#comment-4825 Here's yet another link, via Linux.com, about configuring the firewall: <blockquote>Frankly, I'm glad that the default install doesn't set up a firewall. Most of my computers live behind a firewall at all times anyway, and I've always been annoyed by installers that demand I deal with firewall questions when I've already got the situation well in hand. If I want a firewall on a machine, I can set one up on my own. Since Ubuntu is, in part, aimed at corporate desktops, a firewall is unnecessary for many installations. But if an Ubuntu desktop is your sole machine that connects directly to the Internet, then it's a good idea to configure one.</blockquote> <a href="http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/26/1556259" "title="Installing a firewall on Ubuntu" rel="nofollow">Read the rest of the artcle at Linux.com</a>. Here’s yet another link, via Linux.com, about configuring the firewall:

Frankly, I’m glad that the default install doesn’t set up a firewall. Most of my computers live behind a firewall at all times anyway, and I’ve always been annoyed by installers that demand I deal with firewall questions when I’ve already got the situation well in hand. If I want a firewall on a machine, I can set one up on my own. Since Ubuntu is, in part, aimed at corporate desktops, a firewall is unnecessary for many installations. But if an Ubuntu desktop is your sole machine that connects directly to the Internet, then it’s a good idea to configure one.

Read the rest of the artcle at Linux.com.

]]> By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/442/switching-to-ubuntu#comment-4809 Gnorb Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:14:24 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/technology/linux-and-open-source/20060622/switching-to-ubuntu/#comment-4809 Another addendum, this one for you Mac users, a kind of guide for Mac power-users who may be thinking about switching to Linux. http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/26/essentials-2006 (This one by way of <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/29/mark_pilgrims_list_o.html">Boing Boing</a>.) Another addendum, this one for you Mac users, a kind of guide for Mac power-users who may be thinking about switching to Linux.

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/26/essentials-2006

(This one by way of Boing Boing.)

]]> By: Gnorb http://www.gnorb.net/442/switching-to-ubuntu#comment-4767 Gnorb Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:22:22 +0000 http://www.gnorb.net/technology/linux-and-open-source/20060622/switching-to-ubuntu/#comment-4767 This guy wrote a rather good account of his experiences using Ubuntu instead of Windows. Overall positive, although you'll see where most people will likely trip. http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business06_june27_2006 If you still haven't tried Ubuntu, try it out! Heck, it comes by default in a LiveCD version, so there's no installing involved. You just burn the ISO, reboot the computer and you're set to go. Not many brains necessary. This guy wrote a rather good account of his experiences using Ubuntu instead of Windows. Overall positive, although you’ll see where most people will likely trip.

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business06_june27_2006

If you still haven’t tried Ubuntu, try it out! Heck, it comes by default in a LiveCD version, so there’s no installing involved. You just burn the ISO, reboot the computer and you’re set to go. Not many brains necessary.

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