Re: Viruses and hackers make Windows more secure - Gates

From: Rev Turd Fredericks (turdfred2*dont5p4mm3*_at_catholic.org)
Date: 01/31/04 

Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 06:12:11 GMT

On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 15:44:23 +1000, Dazz wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 05:22:21 GMT, JM <eat.me@my.shorts.org> wrote:
>
> <snipped>
>
>>So why not change the shell as well to something other then Explore? Then
>>you won't have to see it on the sysytem.
>
> Ahh yes, but not seeing it doesn't mean it's not there. :-)
>
> Anyway, the point wasn't that I don't want it there (I've stopped
> using IE), the point was that it is actually part of the Operating
> System.
>
> H1K had said it could just not be installed - I disagreed. :-)
>
> It's been a while since I last looked at alternative "desktops" for
> windows (ie changing the shell).
>
> The last time I tried, there were a few issues, but I cannot for the
> life of me remember what the name of the replacement shell was.
>
> It was pretty cool, except for a few crashes.
>
NextStep and it is really cool, but not nearly as nice as the themes for
Gnome :-) 

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