Topic: Security on *NIX

[Rik]

I'd settle for improper, Sam.

[davy51]

indeed installing software on linux IMO is much easier than windows. You go to the software centre and click what you want and done... or you do it the proper way (apt-get or build from source)

I always use the package manager or the software center as easy as installing in windows

anything else I want can be installed with GEDBI package installer

I only have a couple programs from source code that weren't in one of these forms

Everything else just seems to be there

[sam]

indeed, it just seems to be there. If you add a few other repositories and then even the biggest geek like me has all the compilers etc that I could ever want.

[davy51]

Very true Sam
There is even a distro that ads most of everything on install

[sam]

yeah, just a bit OTT for the average user. Still even Ubuntu comes with an office package...  screw you windows.

[Simon]

I was going to post it, and forgot, but didn't I read somewhere that Open Office is not as we knew it any longer?

[davy51]

Not sure if its changed or not

I deleted open office and installed Libeoffice a much better program for me

[sam]

I was going to post it, and forgot, but didn't I read somewhere that Open Office is not as we knew it any longer?

well yes, Sun was taken over by Oracle and Sun basically held or the cards on Open Office (they maintained the code and basically put in a lot of the effort). Of course Oracle being Oracle they wanted to ensure that it wouldn't cost cash (or so my basic interpreation is) and thus it has forked into two different packages, open office as it was is not developed the same. Still I was rather impressed with the Orcale open office and will stick with that for the time being.

Interesting article on this: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/oracle-openofficeorg-vs-tdf-libreoffice - but much more all over the web really.

[sam]

Not sure if its changed or not

I deleted open office and installed Libeoffice a much better program for me

I've not tried Libreoffice yet (http://www.libreoffice.org/; for anyone who is interested), and I really don't see there being much difference yet... I will eventually change I'm sure.