nooby wrote:Moose OTL wrote that
That is only true to particular users. All of us that sleep in same room as the computer power off each night and power on each morning. And many power off when doing something else like taking a walk to buy food whatever.Since Linux systems are rarely rebooted,
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In the heat of the summer, I am more likely to power it down so I don't force the airconditioner to work to cool it.
There is also the fact that people outright hate Windows. Hate can be a strong motivation.I trust that the only reason that Puppy are a bit less often often targeted is that them go for where the money is.
Apple machines are only "expensive" not "very expensive". At the time I bought this machine I paid as much for it as an Apple machine. I got a lot more disk and processor for the price.Apple machines are usually very expensive machines so the criminals reason that Apple owners are wealthy enough to be a good catch.
Not this puppy user; To some peoples point of view I am a rich person using an expensive machine. I don't drive an expensive car but I do drive one that works very well for the purpose. The desk it is sitting on is very solidly made from wood. My house has earthquake bracing and storm shutters. I use puppy not because it costs less but rather because very simply it is better.Puppy users using old machines them found in the dumpster not so practical to get money from them?
There are no NTFS partitions on this machine. There is one on my wifes. What can I say, I love her dearly, but NTFS whats up with that!If you run CD or DVD that seems more safe than using frugal on NTFS does it not?
I will gladly take the credit, thank you thank you, .. no wait I didn't start it.So I am happy you started this thread.
If there are any please speak up. Think of the blackbox on an aircraft. They all have them even though it doesn't save the life of those on the ones that gather the really important information.The only thing I worry about now is that those that really got virus don't bother to report on it in the forum.