Senile Texas Aggie - comic relief for the rest of you

[farmerjan]

I have a windows 7 and they are supposed to stop "supporting it" with updates and such in Mid-Jan..... Maybe I ought to just get a new one and sent it to you to get it set up since that IS NOT MY FORTE'......

Agree @Bruce , leave it alone ..... why fix something that AIN'T BROKE.....

 

[rachels.haven]

*insert plug for Linux operating system here like a good programmer's wife*

It's like windows, but open source and probably won't go away.

 

[thistlebloom]

Our Kid#2 always installs Linux on our computers. Other than that I don't know nothin'...

 

[Bruce]

I have a windows 7 and they are supposed to stop "supporting it" with updates and such in Mid-Jan..

"stopping support" only means they aren't going to fix any new security issues that come up. It isn't going to stop working just because they stop "supporting" it. If all you do with your computer is email, forums, maybe some online games and whatever programs you use on the machine like Excel, you don't have much to worry about just continuing on Win 7. You POSSIBLY wouldn't be able to run later versions of Excel or whatever but if you don't need the new features does it really matter?

 

[farmerjan]

I still can do my work stuff, and yeah , I do realize that it means not updating security and stuff. But I do online banking and all that. So that is a concern.

OKAY, tell me about this Linux stuff? I am about clueless for the electronic stuff.

 

[Bruce]

LINUX is open source UNIX, does that help?

Similar to a Mac in that you can run software written only for it which leaves out all the stuff written for Windows™ ... except that there are ways to run Windows™ apps on a LINUX machine
Windows on a Linux machine

The last machine I had at work (2013) was Linux after WinNT went out of service but I still had to run Windows™ in a virtual machine because we were required to run Lotus Notes for email.

BTW, LINUX is free and there are lots of apps written for it. I don't know anything about how many security holes may or may not exist in LINUX nor if they pop up how quickly they are patched.

 

[rachels.haven]

I'll give DH a break from Legos with the boys and ask him about Linux security issues. That's one of his areas of expertise.

 

[rachels.haven]

DH says "it's pretty secure". Basically it's as secure as you make it, he also says. Also most viruses and the like are written for Android, Windows, and Mac and not Linux, so you get the benefit of being less common and not written for.
I've never had an issue with it and I'm not overly tech savvy. Linux mint or a variation of Ubuntu is good and simple. I've used mint. I like it.

 

[rachels.haven]

He also says most security issues lately are phishing- the tricking you into giving them your password for a website while looking like a/the legit website, so always look out for that whatever you use.

 

[Senile_Texas_Aggie]

All,

I am feeling a bit down today because my favorite toy, namely my tractor, is in the shop awaiting repair to a power steering hydraulic line. I first noticed a problem a week or so ago when the front tires would move when I turned the steering wheel. I mistakenly thought that the power steering used the hydraulic fluid reservoir that the other hydraulics used. But when I checked I found that it had its own reservoir. I kicked myself for failing to check it before and letting it get so low. After refilling the reservoir, the steering worked fine. I didn't see any leaks anywhere and so just figured it had gradually leaked out over the years. But a couple of days later and the same thing happened again. This time I checked for leaks and found that the fluid was squirting out whenever I turned the steering wheel. After looking more closely, I discovered that the return line from the steering wheel back to the power steering pump had been bent at the connection it makes on the left side of the tractor. Because the leak occurred only when I turned the steering wheel, that was why I never found any hydraulic fluid on the shop floor (I back straight into the shop). So yesterday I decided to take it to Alma Tractor to have them repair it. So now I am without a tractor. I could go work in the woods without a tractor, but I have been spoiled by having one. So now I am sitting on the couch reading BYH!

Senile Texas Aggie