On Tue, 2004-11-23 at 06:10 -0800, Nathan Low wrote: > Has anyone installed Norton Internet Security 2005 under Fedora Core 3 > Linux operating system? As a note, everything that Norton Internet Security for Windows claims to provide is already provided by Fedora Core 3 (spam filtering, firewall, popup blockers, web proxy, etc) except a virus scanner. There are several third party virus scanners (e.g. clamav). However, Linux viruses are virtually non-existent. I'd be much more worried about using strong passwords, disabling unused services (httpd, sshd, etc) and enabling your firewall than I would a virus. The firewall can be controlled from: Main menu -> System Settings -> Security Level > If anyone has, what were the results? Has anyone installed any > windows programs also? Please respond. Thanks. Fedora Core doesn't have the ability to run Windows programs. You'll need a third party package like WINE to run Windows programs. But, Norton Internet Security for Windows probably wouldn't even try to install using WINE. It's intimately tied into the Windows operating system. If you regularly need Windows programs then I'd suggest buying CrossOver Office. All of the supported programs seem to work perfectly and many other applications work quite well. CrossOver integrates Windows applications seamlessly into the desktop environment. http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/cxoffice/ If you want to experiment with Windows programs then use the "wine" package from this Fedora Core 3 third party repository. The "wine" package is not at all integrated with the desktop environment and might prove quite confusing at first. http://newrpms.sunsite.dk/apt/redhat/en/i386/fc3/ -- David Norris http://www.webaugur.com/dave/ ICQ - 412039
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