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Re: [LUG] How to look cool and be able to compute as well

 

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:52:19 +0100
Mick Vaites wrote:

> Save being flamed here but I quite like my Mac - it beats the pants
> out of BSOD several times a week and twice on Sunday.
> 
> Since I need to run windows apps unfortunately the ability to take a
> snapshot has been a godsend. Allows for the "should I allow MS to
> send me updates that might mess me up and break my pc". Really nice
> to rewind to before an bl**dy hell situation.
> 
> My only and biggest gripe is that the MAC implementation of VMWare
> (Fusion) had to be different so I cannot use tap/tun interfaces to
> talk to other environments like Dynamips. It also costs money when
> the Linux variations don't.
> 
> If I had known about this before hand I might not have gone this way
> and used a Desktop/laptop distribution.
> 
> Just a thought though - I know that (again tempting being flamed)
> people are going to be biased here. But if I wanted a secure out of
> the box distro which way should I go ?
> 
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Mick
> 
> E: mick@xxxxxxxxxxxx

I would have said "Anonym.OS", but it would seem to be pretty much
discontinued.

Incidentally, a system is only as secure as you make it.  The only
system that can be said to be 100% secure is one that isn't running.

Grant.

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