[ltp] Questions about moving from Win2k to SUSE 7.3 Pro (Long)

[Shane Broomhall]

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Hi All,

My name is Shane Broomhall from Brisbane Australia.  I have migrated once
from Widows to Linux but had to change back due to work requirements.  I am
now looking at moving back with in a month, but I have a few concerns I hope
this list can address.

My computer is an IBM thinkpad A20m.  I have replaced the hard disk with one
of 30M and it has 512M of ram, so I am expecting it to really scream.  It
has an internal DVD, and a Win Modem.  I have an Iomega USB Zip CDR.

My last usage of Suse was on this laptop with 7.0.  I have purchased 7.3
pro.  My questions are as follows.:



the 2.4 Kernal has support for USB devices, would anyone know if my USB CDR
would be detected and it it would be useable as a CDR. ??



Does the USB Zip Drive work as well ???



I have heard that Winmodems are now useable, has anyone had experiences with
making these work with 7.3 and could you please give me hint on where to
find the instructions. ???



Currently I am using Norton Internet secutiry as my anti virus and firewall,
I am at times detecting port scans every few minutes.  Are there any
available instructions on really securing Suse Linux or linux generally to
prevent or at least slow down hackers and scanners ??

Are there any tools to give them a slap on the wrist if they try ?????


I will still need to run some windows applications but I am hoping to use an
emulator, probably Vmware, how difficult is this to setup ??  The main
program is an accounting program called MYOB.



Thanks in advance for your help, and replies

Shane

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