My recent laptop purchase, a Toshiba Satellite, came with
Vista, naturally. I inquired about some anti-virus software at the
store. I was told that Windows Liveonecare was the best thing on the
market, so I took the techs advice and shelled out $50 for that too.
Ok, time to go to work. I work along the west coast of Africa as a
ship Captain. I make the 6,000 mile trip from home (U.S.), get on
my ship and not long afterwards the problems start. I quickly find
out that Window's LiveOnecare is not compatible for some reason with
Vista. It just won't work. I try to load freeware, AVG, it won't
take. Just when I was about to give up all hope I find out about
Ubuntu. So far so good. I do miss the all the features I had with
Yahoo's Messenger for Windows. I use Pidgen and Kopete now. I've
managed to transmit my cam image with Kopete, but I can't recieve.
Any advice on that would be greatly appreciated as this is my primary
way to communicate with the wifey back home. Also, I am an amateur
astronomer and I've discovered Kstars and Stellarium. Two great
programs for the backyard observer. Now I can type in my location and
see "what's up tonight" anywhere in the world. I'm trying to learn
some C++ programming when I get a little freetime. Any good sites for
the beginner?