tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post3959630610429662565..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: UPDATEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-29196800140932559632011-06-07T13:19:25.279+01:002011-06-07T13:19:25.279+01:00Sir, I must object. You are unjustly maligning thi...Sir, I must object. You are unjustly maligning this little chappie here: http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/beastie.png who is well known as the mascot of pretty much the most stable OS on the planet; he isn't unfriendly so much as a wee bit selective about who his friends are.<br /><br />His more cosmopolitan relative can be found here: http://www.ubuntu.com/ and once again, this tends to rather put the Blight of Redmond to shame. I habitually leave a server running this OS running without reboots; the record so far is 8 months straight.<br /><br />Viruses are now little more than a fading memory with these operating systems. The firewall on such machines is most effective as well, and as installed they are safe as they stand. <br /><br />Finally, might I recommend that you download and burn an image of Knoppix? This is purely a CD or DVD bootable image, designed for getting back into broken Windows systems (not that I have any of these personally, but I do sometimes encounter them).<br /><br />Alternatively, get a Mac. Certainly look at getting an Apple Time Machine for backup purposes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com