[ubuntu-uk] Security on Version 6-06 LTS

[George MacLeod]

Hi Peter,
Getting used to the way things are done in Linux takes time if you're used
to Windows. You can install most software packages from either
Applications>Add/Remove or by using the Synaptic package manager found in
System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager. Using Synaptic you will be
able to install Firestarter (firewall) and ClamAV (anti-virus). Personally I
usually only install Firestarter.


On 08/05/07, Peter D Beattie <pdbeattie at lineone.net> wrote:
>
> Hello. I am a newbie to Linux system! My test bed is a partitioned
>         Pentium 3 also running the old MS Millenium Windows no longer
>         supported
>         that I can access via the intial Linux boot choice command. I
>         also run
>         an XP Tower and Laptop all on broadband. Being an old retired
>         guy I need
>         some encouragement and advice. Can access most things but need
>         advice on
>         how much security I get from version 6-06. I run McAfee firewall
>         and
>         viroscan on my Laptop and MS XP Firewall and AVG Free on my XP
>         Tower.
>         Linux security is a 'black hole' to me. Have tried to install
>         Snort and
>         lost myself somewhere out there on the internet! I have
>         downloaded the
>         new OpenOffice version from 2.0 to 2.2 but lost this program
>         somewhere
>         in the strange Linux filing system! How do I install it? Many
>         thanks.
>
>         PeterD
>
>
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