Firefox

[lightningghost]

Can someone please enlgihten me?

1. How is Firefox better than Internet Explorer?

2. Can I download it free?

3. I'm on a wireless network in my house. If I download it for my computer, will it affect the other people on the system?

4. Is Linux similar? If so is it better?



Thanks a lot.

Lucien

[FourWheelDrift]

lightningghost said:

1. How is Firefox better than Internet Explorer?

People find it faster than IE, not effected by Microsoft IE targeted trojans and viruses and comes with lots of add-ons and extensions to make it very personal to your own needs.

lightningghost said:

2. Can I download it free?

Yes - www.mozilla.com/

lightningghost said:

3. I'm on a wireless network in my house. If I download it for my computer, will it affect the other people on the system?

No

lightningghost said:

4. Is Linux similar? If so is it better?

No, Linux is an operating system used by

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Tuesday 4th April 14:52

[lightningghost]

Wahey! Quick response! Thanks very much.


Funny you should say that about Linux. I know a guy who uses it, and he is, as you say, a complete

[Bodo]

FourWheelDrift said:

lightningghost said: 4. Is Linux similar? If so is it better? No, Linux is an operating system used by >> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Tuesday 4th April 14:52

Not nerdier than petrolheads however.

Linux is a desktop alternative to Windows and Macintosh, for office stuff, graphics, web-development as well as digital content creation, computer aided design and engineering. Beside being free and transparent, Linux needs a lot less maintenance than Windows, because it is less vulnerable to omnipresent security risks. Geeks especially love Linux's adaptability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux

[FourWheelDrift]

4 hours late with the reply, you're slacking.

[bga]

Bodo said:

lots.....

But if you are into Linux, chances are any windoze boxes you are running are going to be running sweetly anyway

cheers

bga (running XP, OSX & dabbling in Ubuntu)

[aldi]

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[zumbruk]

If operating systems were airlines ...

www.webaugur.com/bibliotheca/field_stock/os-airlines.html

[Bodo]

bga said:

Bodo said: lots..... But if you are into Linux, chances are any windoze boxes you are running are going to be running sweetly anyway cheers bga (running XP, OSX & dabbling in Ubuntu)

To be honest, I've only worked on Windows boxes that were professionally administrated by outsourced IT companies. I don't even know how to remove a virus in Windows, nor how to protect these computers

[Mr E]

Bodo said:

Linux is a desktop alternative to Windows and Macintosh,

Pedant mode.

Linux is the kernal. The software that actually makes the resource allocations and the system work.

Gnome/KDE/CDE/etc are the desktops.....

[Bodo]

Mr E said:

Bodo said: Linux is a desktop alternative to Windows and Macintosh, Pedant mode. Linux is the kernal. The software that actually makes the resource allocations and the system work. Gnome/KDE/CDE/etc are the desktops.....

I've lied. It's GNU/Linux actually
Oh, and CDE is for Unix, and GNU is Not Unix

>> Edited by Bodo on Tuesday 4th April 22:07

[Mr E]

Bodo said:

Mr E said: Bodo said: Linux is a desktop alternative to Windows and Macintosh, Pedant mode. Linux is the kernal. The software that actually makes the resource allocations and the system work. Gnome/KDE/CDE/etc are the desktops..... I've lied. It's GNU/Linux actually Oh, and CDE is for Unix, and GNU is Not Unix

Shall we call it one all and retire for the evening? I've got seasons 2, 3 and 4 of star trek to correct.....

[lightningghost]

If I download Firefox, will Norton Internet security have to be fiddled with, or will it completely screw it up, or will it be ok?

[Bodo]

lightningghost said:

If I download Firefox, will Norton Internet security have to be fiddled with, or will it completely screw it up, or will it be ok?

You can download and install it OK, but when you start it first to go on the net, Norton will probably show a popup and ask you if firefox.exe should be allowed to go on the net. Then you select 'allow' and check the 'always do like this'-type kind of box and away you go!

[lightningghost]

Thank you very much

[lightningghost]

Ok, there was no automatic pop-up from Norton. What do I do now?


Sorry for being so pathetically useless.

[Church of Noise]

If you can't surf with Firefox (that is: when Norton doesn't allow Firefox to connect), the Norton program should have a list of programs that are allowed to access the internet. You should be able to add Firefox to that one.
Perhaps it's somewhere in the help files of your Norton program?

[lightningghost]

Firefox is working fine, it's just that I don't know if Norton is protecting it. IE is still installed, so i think that Norton might be sitting there doing nothing as i'm not using IE. I'm worried that I'll get viruses and stuff through an unprotected Firefox. When I installed it it said it was gonna have it as the main internet borwser, so maybe that made Norton protect it instead of IE, but I don't really know.

[Bodo]

Norton is suposed to protect your computer, not your browser. When Firefox is working, you're fine.

Have a look around extensions for Firefox on the net, or try the usage of tabs

[GreenV8S]

Norton isn't generally well regarded, but you are better off (i.e. at less risk of infection/attack) with Norton + Firefox than you would be with Norton + Internet Explorer.

I recommend the NoScript plug-in for Firefox, it lets you control which sites are allowed to run scripts. Also get a decent firewall, anti-spyware and anti-virus software. Norton does all of these, but none of them well.