Louisville, KY
Greg is a retired neurologist in Louisville, Kentucky, with a long-standing interest in computers and programming, beginning with Fortran IV in the 1960s. When Linux and open source software came along, it kindled a commitment to learning more, and eventually contributing. He is a member of the Scribus Team.
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The last Apple computer I owned was a IIe, which tells you something about how long ago that was. I got fed up with the fact that there was always something else you needed to add for more usability. Mainly, though, the absolute lock-down control Apple has on the hardware and OS means they are overpriced at every level.
Years ago I set up a home computer so that I could connect remotely. The first thing you must do is get your ISP to give you a fixed IP address. The second thing is to set up your hostsallow and hostsdeny to allow yourself access but keep out almost everybody else (I've forgotten where these are).
What I found was that IMMEDIATELY you are besieged with attempts from all over the world to log into your system (obviously, there are bots that are constantly looking for IP addresses to get access to), thus the extreme importance of keeping these people out, and you have to keep looking at your logs to see what's going on. In the end, I decided the benefit wasn't worth the anxiety and risk.