Clamav out of date

[Brian Fahrlander]

Harold Hartley wrote:

> I'm glad you pointed this out to me as I have a dell latitude d800 that 
> came with windows XP and can't stand the screw ups when I try doing 
> stuff on it. I want to put linux on it, but will it work fine when I 
> need to swap my dvd/cd combo with a hard drive without having to restart 
> the computer to read it... Has linux developed enough to do this.

     If they're SATA or USB, they just might; check out a recent "live 
CD" and see if it does.  I've not owned a laptop, but each time I've 
worked on one, they've always struck me as a less-compatible Swiss 
watch: no two parts by different manufacturers are the same. Forget the 
cotton gin and interchangeable parts...these are laptops.  :)

     But here are some links to check:

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html
http://ds9a.nl/dell-d800/
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/peripherals-hardware/36273-help-nvidia-geforce4-mx440-tv-out-twinview.html

> I've seen major improvements since I've started in 1997 with linux.

    Yeah, it's not one "thing"; there are times it makes huge leaps, 
seemingly all at once.  The underlying concept is that, each time bugs 
are found and code isn't re-written, the code gets better; we never 
throw things away that actually work, and solve a problem.  Windows has; 
and that will cost them in terms of bugs.  But there'll come a day when 
the advances of Linux will outstep the legion of MS programmers put onto 
a task, and still the code will be robust and sure.  Detracting from 
that is how odd hardware with propriety seems to get in the way, at times.

>>      Sorry; didn't mean to tick you off, just trying to correct the record.
>>
>>   
> Oh, I'm not mad, because whats to get mad about if someone has the 
> answers or just correcting someone with the right record.
> 

     Good; I'll admit to a little venting, but it was intened to show 
there's a reason we're all here.  Thanks

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