Well dennis thats a much longer version of my approach...and its worked for 10 years to keep out viruses and keep a system that works smoothly.

Glad I am not the only one after all :)
Since my practices fly in the face of commonly accepted wisdom, I go on a bit to explain why I do what I do.

But ...

Note that there appears to be a very simple mitigation for the IE Zero Day exploit, that works for XP and everything else.

The exploit requires Active-X, Shockwave Flash and JavaScript, to trigger a subtle flaw in the deprecated VML interpreter library. the simple fix is to use regserver to ...

Speaking personally, I'm unconcerned by the official end of support for XP.

I have Win2K Pro, XP, and Win7 here (and Win 2003 Server, but that box is almost never turned on.)

2K Pro is on an ancient notebook that also has Puppy and Ubuntu installed. 2K actually runs more or less acceptably on it ...

that few users use linux? how could this be? what website were they using to create the statistics, microsoft.com?
Nope. They used stats from statcounter, widely used by websites to monitor what visits them.

Yes, that few people use Linix on a desktop/laptop/netbook . A lot more use it in other ...

Is it true that the kernel is linux but the OSX is a kind of proprietary overlay in same way as Android has a Linux kernel and the Google part was to add teh Android proprietary overlay? maybe the word overlay is not proper word. I refer to what is needed apart from the kernel to make an OS ...

@DMcCunney, thanks for the enlightening. You gives some very plausible advice. I like the ideas as you presented, here.

My one question is: Would there be any issue with a save-session (Pupsave) maintain each of these changes you outline in both Options and in about:config?

Thanks in advance ...

aragon wrote:

tallboy wrote:The links to plugin dowload don't work.

tallboy

sorry but,

which exact links do not work exact where?

The Plugin links on the Beaver Sourceforge page are non-functional.
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MU is installing debian 4 his new company and i am fairly sure that the german govt runs on Linux and i think i read that the chinese govt are implementing and mandating a red hat Linux
I don't believe the German government is monolithic on this. As I recall, some German state governments are ...

Strange...I talked with a friend who works for Google..who said they've moved exclusively over to linux, mainly because of better security.
The Google servers you access when you do a Google search are all running Linux.

But it's not really a surprise that Google moved to Linux on the desktop ...

here is a story abut how useless Linux is.
Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android-Based Phones
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The nine patents relate to synchronizing e-mail, calendars and contacts, scheduling meetings, and notifying applications of changes in signal strength and battery power. Microsoft filed two ...

Yes sorry, I am too naive.

Some 90% use windows so it makes sense that HTC has to make use of what the buyers expect.
I'd call it more like 95%, with the majority that don't running OS/X.

Besides they don't give us root by default either if I get it.
No, and I've seen complaints about that ...

Linux at least have a long way to go.

Take Android. That is a kind of linux like OS.
It's not a "linux-like" OS. It is a Linux OS. There's an embedded Linux kernel under the hood.

Okay but what happens. This is one example.

HTC make a new smart phone. With querty slide out.
The HTC Desire ...

Their target market is musicians, and those folks mostly run Macs to begin with.
They do? Well I love music but I am no musician so I never had a need for a Mac. They had such at our local University and I would not accept one as a gift even if I got one for free. :)
They do. Macs have always ...

I'm proud to be a native Kentuckian. With Rand Paul making the news, Kentucky is going to be fair game for ridicule yet again. Politics are different in Kentucky. Having lived in other parts of the country, I would say we are more politically aware. We will elect a crook as long as we know he/she ...

So one need a Linux distro that can mimic a Mac computer.

Is that legal to do? I do't know but no way I buy a Mac to be able to buy the Pico.
Legal isn't the issue.

The first question is whether anything they do is specific to Mac hardware, or simply expects OS/X on the other end. It is ...

"This type of musical necrophilia - the technique of overdubbing on the preexisting tracks of already dead performers
i am guessing you don't listen to much reggae -- that's practically all they do . . .

8)
I have Bob Marley, the Greyhounds, the Heptones, Desmond Dekker, Burning Spear and ...

Thanks Fellow Linux Iguleder for the comparison. Ok, that people want to drive comfortably, that's understandable, our question is: why have the car industry created new seats that cannot be removed?
Why would you need to?

There are multi-purpose vehicles that have removable seats, to allow more ...

"This type of musical necrophilia - the technique of overdubbing on the preexisting tracks of already dead performers - was weird when Natalie Cole did it with her dad on "Unforgettable" a few years ago, but it was her dad. When Tony Bennett did it with Billie Holiday it was bizarre, but we are ...

hell, i don't like any jazz after 'bitches brew'

except 'on the corner', but that's just barely jazz, no?

[have been told i would like the jack johnson record as well, but so little time...]
You don't like any of Miles Davis's jazz after "Bitches Brew". That's fair. Saying you don't like any ...

a nephew of mine works for the pentagon. He sets up networks. They sent out email to their employees telling them for online banking, use Mac or Ubuntu. how does Puppy fit in this scenario?
The same way Ubuntu does: it's a Linux system. The point I see to the memo is "To be really secure, don't ...