One of the things that makes Linux distributions secure is that normally one installs programs from the distributions repository. All of the programs in this repository are verified and compiled by the distribution's maintainers and all packages are signed by the distribution. Android is not like this. The individual developers upload their binaries into Google Play. Google does not compile and verify the programs, they only check them for known malware. This is a weakness in Android. I wish Google had chosen GPL3 as the licence and required all programs in Google Play to conform to that licence. Then maybe there would be no Android malware to speak of, just as there is no significant GNU/Linux malware.

You can't get Lexmark drivers for Linux, either.

Has it improved since version 3.1, the last one I bought? I went from that to OS/2 to Linux and now Android on my phone and tablet.

Make sure you have instant upload turned on and you won't lose any photos or movies.

Mageia has the "tainted" repository that replaces PLF.

There is F-Droid Repository "an easily-installable catalogue of FOSS applications for the Android platform. The server contains the details of multiple versions of each application, and the Android client makes it easy to browse, install them onto your device, and keep track of updates."

I am surprised to learn that the show was still running. I haven't heard it for 25 years or so.

has always been financed by advertising on the nationally syndicated programs. The proliferation of cable channels has already fragmented the audience watching local stations. This has reduced the amount that stations can charge for advertising. If people turn to the Internet for their programming, this will only accelerate this fragmentation, making local stations financially unsustainable. It is already happening in Canada where TV networks have demanded that cable and satellite TV providers begin to pay fees to carry their programming, which the cable providers have traditionally not paid for.

Here are a couple of articles in Skeptical Inquirer:

• Power Line Panic and Mobile Mania is written by a physicist.
• A Growing Hysteria

It only filters ultraviolet. Its purpose is to prevent the fading of colours on fabrics exposed to sunlight from windows.

You could read this book and be even more afraid (or maybe this author is just paranoid.)

Having switched to KDE4.x from Gnome, spatial view is the one thing I miss. I never liked using Konqueror for file management in KDE3.x, which is why I mostly used Gnome. I wish someone would write a spatial view file manager for KDE. I came to Linux from OS/2 back in the last century, so spatial view seems like the normal way to do things for me. Although I confess that I still use Midnight Commander for a lot of stuff, especially when I am moving a lot of files from place to place.