Install Gentoo from a knoppix environment. You can even play some games while you let it compile in a minimized terminal window.
I surfed web, chatted with friends and posted on slashdot without problems while I waited for it to finish compiling. That made it much more bearable. And it's not something you do every week... I mean, if you do, you probably have a fully functionable computer standing nearby.
So you've got yourself a secure solution for online banking with the liveCD, and then your banking website tells you you need IE otherwise you can't continue. (And you really can't)
Interesting as some banks and companies want their clients to connect insecurely, no other options available.
I have a domain pointing to my computer on the web. When I will switch internet providers in a few months, I'll just update the domain and everybody surfing to the domain will still end up at my computer.
If someone manages to become so dependent on their IP address that's just plain stupid. All you need is a domain which points to the right place.
But one has either to have a huge internet connection to download ISOs or buy new Red Hat/Suse/Whatever boxes everytime...(in the end, one will have spent more on updating Linux than on Windows).
How I update linux
Open a terminal
Enter emerge -u world
Minimise the terminal and continue surfing slashdot
Close the terminal when its done
I only update the bits that really did get updated, and I update every day. It takes no more than 15 minutes running in the background (often a lot less, unless a new Mozilla, KDE or Gnome comes out:D )
The download is small and the amount of user input required even smaller. You don't need the broadest of broadband to do this.
I installed everything on my windows box till it included what I need (and was still stable, well, for a windows box). Then I went into linux and zipped C:\program files and C:\windows
When I want windows to be fresh again, I just back my important stuff up, rename C:\windows and C:\program files to C:\windows_old and C:\program files_old and I unzip the archives.
Reboot and I'm done. Maybe fix a few little things (like putting my desktop back). But it takes less time than installing everything separately.
Slashdot Mirror
Install Gentoo from a knoppix environment. You can even play some games while you let it compile in a minimized terminal window.
I surfed web, chatted with friends and posted on slashdot without problems while I waited for it to finish compiling. That made it much more bearable. And it's not something you do every week... I mean, if you do, you probably have a fully functionable computer standing nearby.
So you've got yourself a secure solution for online banking with the liveCD, and then your banking website tells you you need IE otherwise you can't continue. (And you really can't)
Interesting as some banks and companies want their clients to connect insecurely, no other options available.
Isn't it useless?
I have a domain pointing to my computer on the web. When I will switch internet providers in a few months, I'll just update the domain and everybody surfing to the domain will still end up at my computer.
If someone manages to become so dependent on their IP address that's just plain stupid. All you need is a domain which points to the right place.
How I update linux
- Open a terminal
- Enter emerge -u world
- Minimise the terminal and continue surfing slashdot
- Close the terminal when its done
I only update the bits that really did get updated, and I update every day. It takes no more than 15 minutes running in the background (often a lot less, unless a new Mozilla, KDE or Gnome comes outThe download is small and the amount of user input required even smaller. You don't need the broadest of broadband to do this.
I run gentoo.
I installed everything on my windows box till it included what I need (and was still stable, well, for a windows box). Then I went into linux and zipped C:\program files and C:\windows
When I want windows to be fresh again, I just back my important stuff up, rename C:\windows and C:\program files to C:\windows_old and C:\program files_old and I unzip the archives.
Reboot and I'm done. Maybe fix a few little things (like putting my desktop back). But it takes less time than installing everything separately.