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Joe Johnson wrote: I don't know about "easiest" but I have a soft spot in my heart (and probably my head) for Mandrake Linux.This was a great product, and the closest thing I have seen to a really easy Linux. I picked up an Lindows box for a friend that didn't have much for a PC budget, and played with it for a little while. It was really the only version I would ever consider replacing my Windows box with. BTW, what versions of Linux does everyone consider the easiest? I've tried a few I would try in certain places, but which do you all think is the easiest? Joe Johnson On the spyware topic... it doesn't take spyware to take a connection down weirdly. I have one in the shop today that does connect - you can ping - but neither IE nor any other graphical app (it's WinXP Media Center Ed.) could see the internet connection. Ended up being Norton Internet Security's firewall - it was installed, but shouldn't have been running. No icon in the taskbar.... but uninstalling it did the trick. I've had similar experiences with Zonealarm in the past as well. -- Jeff Shultz Network Technician Willamette Valley Internet
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