03-02-2014, 10:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-02-2014, 10:37 PM by Miranda-nata-est.)
The easiest fix s probably to do away with MS and Google - the first being easier than the second, but the simplest.
As an ex IT professional, I understand why people run MS - it is easy(ish), it works(sort of ish) and most people have it (which of course is why it is a simple target).
MS would be our last option as an Operating system here, Apple stuff, whilst dear to buy, completely non customisable and while it may hand over far more personal information to the corporates than I would like, would be my favoured suggestion for non IT people.
We run the above two (MS various variants and Apple variants) on our home network, yet the network is run using our preferred operating system - Linux. The most important computers we have, run Linux as their main OS and this is the OS we would use every time from choice. It is inherently safe from viruses etc. (although not absolutely immune) and can, from the box, do nearly everything a Windows system can.
If you try say a parallel system using say Linux and MS, remember the learning curve for MS stuff has occurred over a lot of years and perhaps be prepared to put a bit of effort into getting to grips with a whole new methodology - trust me - it works when you get it right (and of course, it is ALL FREE!!!!!)
M x
As an ex IT professional, I understand why people run MS - it is easy(ish), it works(sort of ish) and most people have it (which of course is why it is a simple target).
MS would be our last option as an Operating system here, Apple stuff, whilst dear to buy, completely non customisable and while it may hand over far more personal information to the corporates than I would like, would be my favoured suggestion for non IT people.
We run the above two (MS various variants and Apple variants) on our home network, yet the network is run using our preferred operating system - Linux. The most important computers we have, run Linux as their main OS and this is the OS we would use every time from choice. It is inherently safe from viruses etc. (although not absolutely immune) and can, from the box, do nearly everything a Windows system can.
If you try say a parallel system using say Linux and MS, remember the learning curve for MS stuff has occurred over a lot of years and perhaps be prepared to put a bit of effort into getting to grips with a whole new methodology - trust me - it works when you get it right (and of course, it is ALL FREE!!!!!)
M x