Ubuntu on the BBC (again)

[ubuntu-freak]

It was on at 11:30 this morning on BBC News, the channel. Pretty cool, inaccurate, but cool.

Maybe they should do a show about open source sofware itself. They probably will if they receive emails asking what it's all about.

Nathan

[abhiroopb]

Like I said I disagree. People think free software (whether libre, or beer) is seen as inferior. My dad is just an example. We used to use a free AV on windows, but naturally got a lot of viruses, and so he decided to pay for McAfee, anyway my point is if its free people think it can't be as good. While they may use say a free browser, they're not going to use free office software!

[ugm6hr]

People think free software (whether libre, or beer) is seen as inferior. My dad is just an example. We used to use a free AV on windows, but naturally got a lot of viruses,

No dispute there. In fact - the program reporter even raised this as an issue (in a clearly orchestrated attempt to discredit the idea).

Interestingly, your wording reveals your own beliefs... why would you naturally get a lot of viruses with free AV? Besides which, if I had AV which I felt didn't work, I'd swap to something else (paid or unpaid) too.

[abhiroopb]

Sorry I didn't phrase it correctly. What I meant was that it was Windows, so we naturally got viruses . And we did practice safe browsing, etc. But all it takes is one rogue e-mail, or one bad link!

So yea my dad attributed it to the fact that we had a free AV (I think AVG, or Avast) and a free firewall (zone alarm). Honestly I don't know a bad one from a good one. I recently installed windows to dual boot, and I just put in the latest avast and comodo. I've heard they're both good but when it comes to configuration, etc, I just leave it. Since its a secondary installation, naturally I'm not going to pay for an AV but if I installed windows by itself, I may consider getting something thats paid. For one thing if I do get a virus I can always e-mail them and have a good rant