this is becoming exciting like learning a new thing such as
this. i didn't have much idea that there are a lot other packages in
synaptic (i found the openoffice.org the other night) until last night
when i was looking for the firestarter. went to the ubuntu site and
did some reading on how to find the firestarter. it directed me to the
synaptic.

installed the firestarter and lots of other software package i
found.in summary, virus infection should not really much of a concern
with linux. this is great.