Maybe you should stick to Ubuntu
Maybe you should stick to Ubuntu
A "snippit" from wikipeda:
The Microsoft .NET Framework is a software component that can be added to or
is included with the Microsoft Windows operating system. It provides a large
body of pre-coded solutions to common program requirements, and manages the
execution of programs written specifically for the framework. The .NET
Framework is a key Microsoft offering, and is intended to be used by most
new applications created for the Windows platform.
The pre-coded solutions that form the framework's class library cover a
large range of programming needs in areas including: user interface, data
access, database connectivity, cryptography, web application development,
numeric algorithms, and network communications. The functions of the class
library are used by programmers who combine them with their own code to
produce applications.
Programs written for the .NET Framework execute in a software environment
that manages the program's runtime requirements. This runtime environment,
which is also a part of the .NET Framework, is known as the Common Language
Runtime (CLR). The CLR provides the appearance of an application virtual
machine, so that programmers need not consider the capabilities of the
specific CPU that will execute the program. The CLR also provides other
important services such as security mechanisms, memory management, and
exception handling. The class library and the CLR together compose the .NET
Framework. The framework is intended to make it easier to develop computer
applications and to reduce the vulnerability of applications and computers
to security threats.
First released in 2002, it is included with Windows XP SP2, Windows Server
2003 and Windows Vista, and can be installed on most older versions of
Windows.
"Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
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> Ian wrote:
>> Explain Net ?
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <aka@maskedandanonymous.info> wrote in message
>> news:uAPHBYHxHHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Ian wrote:
>>>> Vista is comparatively new. We must give it a go and try not to
>>>> constantly compare it with what went before. Microsoft said that it
>>>> would run lots of maintenance programs in the background. One because
>>>> people want to get on with other computing tasks while carrying out
>>>> mundane maintenance, but perhaps more importantly, because MS knew so
>>>> many people would never carry these tasks out, if left to their own
>>>> devices. Updates are one such task. Updates are important because they
>>>> block holes that virus makers have found.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> So, how did your updates for .NET go?
>>>
>>> Feel more secure now?
>>>
>>> Alias
>>>
>>
>
> Full name: .NET Framework. It's from Microsoft and is used for some ATI
> cards and other programs. Go to Windows Update and you will see them
> listed.
>
> Alias