Ubuntu was Re: [LINK] Fwd: MR127-2006: ACMA and ISPs combine to fight ___zombies___ and improve internet e-security

[Alan L Tyree]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:37:18 +1000
Marghanita da Cruz <marghanita at ramin.com.au> wrote:

> Alan L Tyree wrote:
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> > It's just you :-). Looks ok in Firefox 2 running on Ubuntu etch.
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> My 2003 Knoppix  has worked well ..but it seems the time has come for
> the next gen.
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> I have been trialing Ubuntu Breezy Badger and it has worked well with
> Video...
> <http://www.ramin.com.au/linux/linux-log.html>
> but I am not sure about which email package to go with....linkers
> thoughts on the subject would be welcome...Is Etch/Edgy the latest
> version of Ubuntu anyone have comments on other Linux options?

I have been using Ubuntu exclusively for my work machine (Debian for
the play machine). The Etch version is currently the beta release
(official version should be out very soon) but works extremely well.

Evolution is the emailer that is installed as part of the official
installation, but I have always found it to be overblown. I use
Sylpheed which is small and fast and I have never had any problem with
it. It also interfaces with bogofilter for reasonably good spam
filtering.

I think that if you want a good stable desktop machine then Ubuntu is a
very good choice.

Cheers,
Alan

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