[olug] OT: Computer Service

[T. J. Brumfield]

openSUSE is my flavor of choice, and by default the installer will
setup a dual-boot if Windows is already present.

-- T. J.

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Daniel J Griffiths
<ghost1227 at archlinux.us> wrote:
> On 12/20/2009 11:10 PM, T. J. Brumfield wrote:
>> It looks like Daniel already volunteered. However, push come to shove,
>> I can as well if need be.
>>
>> I generally charge a flat rate of $50 to clear all spyware, viruses,
>> infections, etc. and then secure the PC so hopefully they won't get
>> any in the future. More often than not, I spend more time doing so
>> than is really profitable to do so, but I enjoy helping people out.
>> Surfing the web with an infected or unprotected PC is never good. If I
>> know the person, I often use these very specific situations to
>> recommend Linux. I generally offer to do a free Linux install, and ask
>> the user to try it for a month. If they insist on going back to
>> Windows, I'll format the PC and reinstall Windows.
>>
>> No one has ever demanded to go back to Windows.
>>
>> Also, as a general rule of thumb, I've actually gotten to recommending
>> Microsoft Security Essentials to anyone with XP, Vista or 7 lately. It
>> has a very small memory footprint, and a good detection engine. It is
>> also completely free. Not too shabby.
>>
>> -- T. J.
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Eric Penne<epenne at olug.org>  wrote:
>>
>>> My sister in law's PC is messed up. Windows Virus, yada, yada, yada.
>>> She called me but I'm not going to touch it. She lives in Blair but
>>> works in Omaha somewhere. Where should I tell her to take it to get
>>> fixed?
>>>
>>> Later,
>>> Eric Penne
>>>
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>>
>>
> I usually found it's better to do a dual boot, give them the choice.
> They almost always end up deciding on the linux and asking to have M$
> removed.
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