Do I need to worry about viruses and defragmentation?

[Knapp]

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:40 PM, markfpyles <markfpyles at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone:
>
> I was just wondering since I am just coming off of a windows machine whether
> or not I need to have some type of anti-virus software installed and also if
> I need to worry about defragmentation. Thanks.
>
> I am using a Dell Inspiron laptop running Ubuntu 8.04. Thanks.

Every 30 boots or so, Linux checks your HD. This takes a long time.
Not sure what it really doing.


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Douglas E Knapp

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