[Glastonbury] Re: here we stand... on a rocky shore..

[Alistair Parsons]

On 13/11/05, info at wccl.co.uk <info at wccl.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >
> > Glad to hear it. I had someone complaining at me this morning
> > that McAfee _forced_ them to use IE. The only other app. that
> > forces you to use IE is Microsoft's own Windows Update :)
>
> That's disgraceful. Thank goodness I stopped using McAfee. (Since I have to be
> sure I don't send on  anything that I've received containing a virus, I use
> Sophos for checks.)
PC gets a bit of spyware that naffs up IE, oh look, no AV protection
either, very sensible

also i dont like the AV products that rely on flash to install/configure
but im OT




>
> >>i now have a good supplier of bare laptops with no OS, they
> > > arent as cheap as Acer laptops etc, BUT they do have serial (for
> > > external modems) port and proper LPT ports ( ive had a lot of grief
> > > with the USB to LPT adapters under linux for use with old but good
> > > Laser printers) and run perfectly with Ubuntu, which is by all
> > > accounts the best distro for use with laptops. If anyones interested
> > > ill dig up a price,
>
> Useful to know. Why not quote us the price and then we have all the vital info
> if we want it?
>
doh!
watch this space for prices and specs

lpt and serial ports are more expensive than usb thats why they are
being phased out, same with floppy drives. serial ports are still need
if you are using dial up external modem, and the USB to LPT adapters
can be awkward under linux

Re clark connect, main thing is as well as firewall etc, it also has
Mysql, apache, samba, and is extremely easy for non linux user to
configure using the web interface, the home version im using on a demo
box is that, any we sell will have the commercial version

i tried esmith which was the only one similar, if any ones knows of
any others?, there are a lot of firewall/proxy systems but i need a
bit more

Alistair