Thanks Bruce....I have heard of Linux but know nothing about it. Any hints about how it might operate? Thanks again, Beth -----Original Message----- From: gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:gen-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Kemp Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 2:29 PM To: gen-newbie@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GN] Moving from XP On 03/07/2014 09:13 AM, Beth Bowling wrote: > I have a Dell Latitude D520 with Windows XP Professional. I checked and it > says will not support Windows 7. My budget doesn't stretch to a new > laptop just now....is there something else that I might use on this > laptop for more secure operation. If you do not expose the computer to the Internet ( not connected to a modem), it won't make any difference what operating system you use. If you need to connect, I would suggest looking into Linux. Bruce -- I am nofic at all times. ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 03/07/2014 05:57 PM, Beth Bowling wrote: > Thanks Bruce....I have heard of Linux but know nothing about it. Any hints > about how it might operate? > Thanks again, > I use Linux all the time, in fact I have 3 computers that are running Xubuntu Linux. There are many different versions of Linux with many different Graphical User Interfaces ( what you would call the desktop). Most distributions are free, you just have to create either a CD or DVD of the version you want to try. There are even some versions that can be tried without installing. Bruce -- I am nofic at all times.