Subj : Re: M$ Crap
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Mon Jul 12 2021 10:18:00

Sean,

 SD> I believe that only affects Windows Server with people using priviliged
 SD> GPOs with older versions of Windows (such as NT or 2000).

  The message I saw from the Sophos Naked Security Blog was that it affects
Windows 7, 8, and 10. I don't recall if it mentioned Windows XP or before.

 SD> There's actually a more compatible free office "suite" called
 SD> ONLYOffice at https://www.onlyoffice.com/.  It's available for the
 SD> major OSes.  I used it under Linux and found it to be more compatible
 SD> than LibreOffice with .DOCX documents.  I had one given to me by a
 SD> state agency that I had to print and LibreOffice and Abiword refused to
 SD> see it correctly.  I installed ONLYOffice and it worked.  Give it a
 SD> try.

  Never heard of it...if it handles ODT files, and can export stuff to PDF,
I may give it a shot.

 SD> The average computer user couldn't build a Hackintosh (a PC running OS
 SD> X) easily -- it's so difficult that I won't try it.  There are great
 SD> Linux distros for beginner users, like Linux Mint, that would be good,
 SD> but since there aren't any major games for Linux, most people don't
 SD> want to use it. There is Steam but even then a majority of Steam games
 SD> are for Windows.

  Even one of the utilities for Auran Trainz (a railroad simulator) is
called Steam...how appropriate.

  I can write a batchfile for the BBS, but my programming ends at setting
the clock on the microwave oven. In that case, I may starve to death...or
just make lunch meat sandwiches. And yes, I'm cannibalistic...I love ham
(hi hi).

Daryl, WX4QZ

.... Elusikey: The key that is invariably lost in the bottom of a purse.
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