Comment Linux = internet (Score 1) 364
"Taking on" the entire desktop front is too much, impractical and ill-advised. Carving out one piece of it is more practical.
As a Joe-couple-cans-short-of-a-six-pack, typical, average Luser, I think Linux is faster, more secure and less pop-up obnoxious for personal internet usage
than the MS environment.
So, I say start with a solid, simple hand-holding way of getting a dual booting system installed. Strip down and design the distro around home internet useage creating
a 'internet side/space'. Have desktops already named, email, web, UseNet, firewall,
System Monitors.. whatever.
Forget non-internet applications, cameras, GFX, video, scanners... all that other stuff. These things can be done on the other side let's call it the 'work side' (or if you prefer 'dark side'). Of course the kernel must bootup with ntfs read and fat r/w capabiities.
The restrictive compatability issues with the MSfs would therefore become an asset. For the sake of security you don't want to be able to write to the work side only read from it as long as all your data files will be accessible to your internet apps while at the same time being kept safe. Also, the information from your internet side would
be accessible only via a separate 'holding tank' (partition) that would be read/write (FAT) accessible to both sides. This holding tank would be under very heavy and very focused virus scrutiny from both sides.
The fact that there are two different operating systems at work here is a strong point in terms of security.
How to get Linux on desktops? Linux = Internet.
As a Joe-couple-cans-short-of-a-six-pack, typical, average Luser, I think Linux is faster, more secure and less pop-up obnoxious for personal internet usage
than the MS environment.
So, I say start with a solid, simple hand-holding way of getting a dual booting system installed. Strip down and design the distro around home internet useage creating
a 'internet side/space'. Have desktops already named, email, web, UseNet, firewall,
System Monitors.. whatever.
Forget non-internet applications, cameras, GFX, video, scanners... all that other stuff. These things can be done on the other side let's call it the 'work side' (or if you prefer 'dark side'). Of course the kernel must bootup with ntfs read and fat r/w capabiities.
The restrictive compatability issues with the MSfs would therefore become an asset. For the sake of security you don't want to be able to write to the work side only read from it as long as all your data files will be accessible to your internet apps while at the same time being kept safe. Also, the information from your internet side would
be accessible only via a separate 'holding tank' (partition) that would be read/write (FAT) accessible to both sides. This holding tank would be under very heavy and very focused virus scrutiny from both sides.
The fact that there are two different operating systems at work here is a strong point in terms of security.
How to get Linux on desktops? Linux = Internet.
