Linux support at UB

[Greg Neumann]

On Saturday 16 August 2003 11:28, David Dudek wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Mike Richardson wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 19:06:55 -0400
> > From: Mike Richardson <mtr3 at buffalo.edu>
> > Reply-To: nflug at nflug.org
> > To: nflug at nflug.org
> > Subject: Re: Adelphia`
> >
> > Years ago, the University At Buffalo was working on
> > officially supporting Linux. Then they weren't. Now I'm
> > starting to see a trickle of documentation for it, along
> > with Linux versions of their VPN client.
>
> Just wait 'til you see what we have going into production this Fall.
> Keep your eye on:
>
> http://www.cit.buffalo.edu/linux/

I just moved my middle daughter into UB this weekend.  Fired up her laptop, 
did the XP update and tried to install the patch from Microsoft update for 
"lovesan" and related wormies.  @#$% worm infected her computer AS I 
DOWNLOADED the fix!!  Cannot block the relevant ports from XP!!  I freakin' 
hate Windows!

Anyway, free XP / OfficeXP or not, I'd be interested in fixing the problem by 
low-leveling her HD and putting UBLinux on it.  My oldest daughter used GNOME 
/ StarOffice all through college, simply because she didn't know anything 
about any GUI.  She had no trouble except she thought it ran kind of slow on 
the 486/100 she had.  Geez, it was the FASTEST computer in the house 'till 
last year!

BTW, very glad to see the Linux Documentation Project mirrored at UB again!  
Anybody here who doesn't have it prominantly bookmarked needs to!

-Greg