Comments from a Lindows^H^H^H^HSpire user

Posted Apr 20, 2004 19:16 UTC (Tue) by rjamestaylor (guest, #339)
In reply to: Comments from a Lindows^H^H^H^HSpire user by proski
Parent article: Lindows goes for an IPO - a detailed look

Oops. Dr. Web isn't free, anymore. It costs EUR40 for 1 year (evaluation versions are for evaluation not free long-term use).

RedHat, er, Fedora requires more "know how" than Lindows, er, Linspire, and more hand-holding than I wanted to give my home PC. I want my wife and kids to run the home PC without involving me. This is at their loving request so that they actually have some time with me when I'm actually making eye contact with them and responding to questions within the hour they were asked.

Free as in Freedom is something I'll gladly pay for.

Comments from a Lindows^H^H^H^HSpire user

Posted Apr 21, 2004 15:52 UTC (Wed) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] (1 responses)

Sorry, I missed the distinction between "non-free freeware" and "non-free shareware". But then there is Avast, which claims for be free for home users.

Anyway, I'm not trying to dissuade you from trying Lindows. I'm just trying to correct the notion that antivirus software costs money for home users. Windows users should not have an excuse not to run antivirus software as long as they run Windows.

free-as-beer windows anti-virus

Posted Apr 22, 2004 8:51 UTC (Thu) by gyles (guest, #1600) [Link]

There's also AVG anti-virus from http://www.grisoft.com