6/28/2008

Microsoft extends XP support to 2014

Microsoft Pledges Windows XP Support Through 2014
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apparently Microsoft knows the fact that Vista can't replace XP
in the short term
but I don't know why people need XP updates anyway?
I hated XP update, even turned it off to keep the system faster
anyway
hope the "failure" of Vista will bring more and more people to linux :P

advice to learning Linux(fwd)

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1. don't try to swallow everything at once
2. use vmware via trying applications that has to do with secirity
3. always refers to HCL(Hardware Compatible List) and /usr/src/*
4. make use of man page and vimtutor
5. basic stuff first
6. learn reqex(Regular Expression) & sed, awk, grep
7. automate stuff using shell script
8. refer to
  1. man pages
  2. info pages
  3. package README
before asking Q
9. subscribe security alert mailing list
10. learn to use make, configure(build tools)

6/24/2008