On 7/26/05, John Nall <jwnall@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK guys (and gals), you got me all convinced that I should seriously
> think in terms of using Linux instead of Windows XP.  Hey, I am easy!
> So I have done the things that needed to be done, and can now (after a
> lot of sweat and blood and tears) dual-boot either Linux or XP.  I will
> readily admit that Linux has some advantages.  But I am absolutely
> astounded to find that XP apparently offers better protection from
> annoying advertisements than Linux does!  Why?  One would think that
> that Linux would do a better job, not a worst job.  Am I missing
> something?  Educate me!!!  :-)

A couple of ways to do it:

1) Through Firefox, right click on the images you want to block, and
select 'Block Images from ...'

2) Through your /etc/hosts file.  Replace it with something like this:
 http://everythingisnt.com/hosts

Although now that I think of it, similar methods could be used for XP.

Alex

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