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Help me out here, I have recently installed Ubuntu on an HP PC. I can't for the life of me figure out how to load SETI@HOME on this machine. Any advice is gratefully accepted. | |
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Somewhere here on site was the FAQ about this. | |
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Help me out here, I have recently installed Ubuntu on an HP PC. I can't for the life of me figure out how to load SETI@HOME on this machine. Any advice is gratefully accepted. Welcome to the group. On Ubuntu Linux, boinc is listed in the "package manager" for automatically installing software. Go into the "add new software/programs" or "Aptitude package manager" or whichever is there (I think there is an "add software" button on the main menu) and type boinc in the search box. You will need to enable the "universe" repository for boinc to show up. Select both the client and manager/server and then attach to whichever projects as normal. You will get the most recent stable release of Boinc. Don't worry too much that it is not the very latest experimental version! Good luck, Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3) | |
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by stable He means the version that the Ubuntu folks have cleared for their OS. Typically their current can be slightly behind the BOINC download pages current version. | |
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Is this a new push into the marketplace by Linux powered devices? | |
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Is this a new push into the marketplace by Linux powered devices? And now from Dell also: Dell: Ubuntu Safer than Windows ... "Linux is used on computers of all sizes ranging from the biggest to the smallest," Dell said. "If you’re the kind of person who likes your computer to simply work, Ubuntu is right for you. It’s based on stable, secure, easy-to-use software that’s been around for a long time." Dell has shipped Ubuntu-based rigs since 2007, and even claims that it's sold more than any other computer maker in the world. Currently Microsoft has not issued a retaliation, however we're betting that a few execs will get their feathers ruffled and force Dell to remove the comments. ... Or do we all suffer the old dirty tricks games that stomps on all newcomers and all new innovation? Has Dell broken free of the Microsoft sales practices that forced Dell to 'cripple' anything not Microsoft? Or has all that silliness been stopped by the various anti-trust lawsuits running through the courts? Regardless, it is still an interesting move by Dell. Regards, Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3) | |
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Both Linux and WinNT line is a dinosaurus with it roots in end of 80's-start of 90'. Linux still is safer than windows because it's Uncatchable Joe who's no one catches because no one need him. Viruses and hacks is a powerful underground industry with large amount of money rotation and when it will be useful to brake someone will brake them. First victum i think will be iPads and iPhones when mobile inet will became really popular. For a hack underground industry it's critical to be a standard soft which everyone have. It's also critical to 'stupid' users because one always want to have some cool stuff that another have. Linux now is very deffers between different distributions it's only one thing why no one cares about writing a virus, trojan or something - it's too difficult to compile for all of them :-) And 12 million atUbuntu is nothing compare to billions at windows. So, while Windows will be mainstream there will be almost no hacks nor for Linux nor for MacOS either - what for? If it will loose the power of market, they will be as they are already for Firefox and Chrome. By the way it's why IE8 now is really 'safer' - bacause half of users simply don't use it so why bother to hack it. | |
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the topic put me back into early 90´s when same thing was supposed to happen. | |
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Both Linux and WinNT line is a dinosaurus with it roots in end of 80's-start of 90'. Linux still is safer than windows because it's Uncatchable Joe who's no one catches because no one need him... You appear to ignore that *nix systems run vital high value systems that are very highly prized targets... There's a lot of FUD and spin on the Microsoft malware vulnerability fiasco. As far as I know, no other OS has ever suffered such a protracted and continuous and such a negative problem with malware. Most OSes have suffered security hiccups, including Linux. The very big difference is that normally, malware problems are very quickly eradicated. Just one recent example of a FUD article is: Is Google Confusing Safe and Secure in Dumping Windows? On June 1, the Financial Times reported that Google planned to drop Windows as its primary desktop operating system and switch to Apple 's Mac OS X and Linux , because the latter two are more secure than Windows. That's a pretty bold leap by any measure. Should your organization follow suit? Not so fast... The (flawed) main arguments of that article is that it is too expensive and disruptive to change the IT infrastructure and that no gain in security is gained in any case. What is ignored is the excessive risk, and the pain of malware counter-measures required when running Windows. Once hit by malware, cleaning up the mess is very expensive and disruptive. Contrast that article with this article that still reads well despite the test of time: Security Report: Windows vs Linux ... We compared Windows vs. Linux by examining the following metrics... 1. The severity of security vulnerabilities, derived from the following metrics: 1. damage potential (how much damage is possible?) 2. exploitation potential (how easy is it to exploit?) 3. exposure potential (what kind of access is necessary to exploit the vulnerability?) 2. The number of critically severe vulnerabilities... If you can overcome the Microsoft lock-in, then I think there are some very good alternatives. Computers should just simply work, securely, reliably. Regards, Martin ____________ Mandriva Linux A user friendly OS! See new freedom Mageia2 The Future is what We make IT (GPLv3) | |
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[quoteSecurity Report: Windows vs Linux actually they did not test anything so hole report is just talk talk talk. and don´t tell anything about safetines of those systems. question martin, what can any virus, malware, etc do when you are logged as normal user with uac on and have safetyword on normal account? answer is : nada | |
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I think the point of the report is just that. Though the report is 6 years old it's still a valid point that the M$ folks continue to make the same arguments about vulnerability. Yet the report shows that its a comparison of apples and Oranges. They did have many valid points and I assume that they are still valid today. M$ isn't a top of the line Server. BSD and linux are. Though a valid argument for linux desktops vs windows desktops would see similar results. I've had my mandriva running for many years with upgrades to the OS but have yet to get any viruses or malware. My daughter successfully a ransomware on my windows 7 box in less than an hour | |
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I think the point of the report is just that. Though the report is 6 years old it's still a valid point that the M$ folks continue to make the same arguments about vulnerability. Yet the report shows that its a comparison of apples and Oranges. They did have many valid points and I assume that they are still valid today. M$ isn't a top of the line Server. BSD and linux are. Though a valid argument for linux desktops vs windows desktops would see similar results. I've had my mandriva running for many years with upgrades to the OS but have yet to get any viruses or malware. My daughter successfully a ransomware on my windows 7 box in less than an hour were you logged as admin? three years with vista without virus etc and only safety programs are uac and defender. | |
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on my Linux yes all the time. the 7 box no. If you'd have read that article you'd have noticed that the Linux OS is compartmentalized so that if things run without the Kernel then they run without it. Windows never has that option. The Kernel is always involved. and as was explained in that article, Windows would have to completely rethink its OSes to get the same affect as a Linux Box. I'd love the day that I got a critical update from Windows and it didnt require me to restart. My Linux only requires a restart if something with the Kernel is changed. This is rare | |
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on my Linux yes all the time. the 7 box no. If you'd have read that article you'd have noticed that the Linux OS is compartmentalized so that if things run without the Kernel then they run without it. Windows never has that option. The Kernel is always involved. and as was explained in that article, Windows would have to completely rethink its OSes to get the same affect as a Linux Box. I'd love the day that I got a critical update from Windows and it didnt require me to restart. My Linux only requires a restart if something with the Kernel is changed. This is rare were uac on and was it set to higher because in 7 it come too low cause people were nagging about uac. i tried deliberately to get virus on my machine but it ended to uac and defender, cause uac was asking securityword which it did not know. so i am baffled that you managed. | |
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The only thing a person needs to do to get a malware/Virus on Windows 7 or any other Windows version is to use Inernet explorer 6,7, or 8. IE has always been easy to exploit. easier when your daughter cruises through a sketchy website and clicks on a bad link. I had AVG antivirus and SpybotS&D active on the PC. Needless to say I now also run superantispyware because that was the one thing that detected and defeated the malware | |
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The only thing a person needs to do to get a malware/Virus on Windows 7 or any other Windows version is to use Inernet explorer 6,7, or 8. IE has always been easy to exploit. easier when your daughter cruises through a sketchy website and clicks on a bad link. I had AVG antivirus and SpybotS&D active on the PC. Needless to say I now also run superantispyware because that was the one thing that detected and defeated the malware i use ie 8, and no spyware and i can´t get virus even if i try, so something is ain´t right. ok. i get one trying to install itself but it couldn´t get past uac, so. | |
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you would be an intelligent and advanced user. We are talking about an average user that is used to agreeing to everything on a PC. this is the main problem that M$ has is that they have sheeple that automatically assume the system needs whatever pops up. | |
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This could be interesting... | |
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dell sold linux version of their computers, and quess what? they just drop them off last week, cause people did not want them, you can still get dell with linux, but you have to order it from dell, with cost. | |
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you would be an intelligent and advanced user. We are talking about an average user that is used to agreeing to everything on a PC. this is the main problem that M$ has is that they have sheeple that automatically assume the system needs whatever pops up. Like all my Grand kids.....I agree Super anti spyware works. ____________ Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!  | |
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