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Originally Posted by Ross Hendrie
Rogue hates IE as evidenced in his sig  . And also he has a Mozilla icon there too. |
I'm well aware of that, but I like
no trace of IE. At all.
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Originally Posted by Bajoran Rogue
Now you comment on the IE icon, after all the other images of my desktop I've posted with it there? |
I dunno. Never really noticed it before.
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Originally Posted by Bajoran Rogue
I never use it anyway, if Firefox isn't working for some reason then I'll use Opera with its ads rather than IE until I can get Firefox working again, and as I use Windows don't I need IE for somethings anyway?
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News flash -- Opera is now free and comes without ads. I strongly suggest you upgrade to Opera 8, which is the newest version. Also, I am aware you do need IE for some things, but you don't need it for anything specifically internet-related. And for everything else, you wouldn't access your computer by double-clicking on Internet Explorer, you'd access it by opening My Computer or something similar. So you still wouldn't need the icon.
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Originally Posted by Bajoran Rogue
I'm planning on getting my computer dual booted with Linux and Windows once its been upgraded after Christmas, even then as it will have Windows on it I'll need IE for somethings.
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That's fantastic news about Linux, Rogue! Please contact me as I can definitely help you with some tips and tricks and recommendations for you. Have you chosen a distro yet? If not, I strongly recommend
Ubuntu Linux as it's very simple to use, comes with many things you need, and is still very easy to customize. I've tried
many Linux distros and I can tell you with confidence that Ubuntu is the best I have tried. Anyway, keep me informed. You have my
e-mail address, right?
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Originally Posted by Ross Hendrie
Yeah you need IE to do things such as access your Program Files and that.
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As I said above, yes, but you certainly do not need it for anything internet-related, and as long as you're not using it to connect to the internet, it's not insecure. So that's perfectly fine.