Problems with not having ms windows when using webbrowsers in ubuntu
 

On Sat, 2012-05-05 at 04:30 +0000, user1 wrote:
> I am using 12.04 and am constantly having problems with certain webpages
> in firefox mostly when paying with creditcards, even when using google
> chrome.
>
> Some text get garbled during the creditcard payment procedure.
>
> Also I have an internet bank, and am not able to get a digital signature
> because I am using ubuntu linux.
>
> Seems like most banks are using ms windows.
>
> I am not using windows and therefore not using wine.
>
> Any suggestions?

For the first issue, you’d need to be more specific about which websites
are causing problems. I haven’t encountered a problem with credit card
payment in Firefox/linux ever and I’ve been shopping online since 1996.

For the second, change your bank. Seriously. Most banks will handle a
change easily, transferring all your payments and standing orders
seamlessly. I moved an account in November and even my card PIN didn’t
change. The better banks handle Ubuntu, Android and Apple just as well
as they handle Windows. But you don’t get the trojan risks.

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Problems with not having ms windows when using webbrowsers in ubuntu
 

On 05/05/12 16:09, John D Lamb wrote:

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For the second, change your bank. Seriously. Most banks will handle a
change easily, transferring all your payments and standing orders
seamlessly. I moved an account in November and even my card PIN didn’t
change. The better banks handle Ubuntu, Android and Apple just as well
as they handle Windows.


I think what you really wanted to say was that 'the better banks" (*are*
there such animals?!) handle a LINUX system.


The reference to Ubuntu is totally immaterial - although I don't give a
tinker's cuss about Android and Apple and anything else... :-D .




But you don’t get the trojan risks.


Ah, now while this is in some ways correct, it is but a generalisation :-) .

Linux is not immune to malware. There is malware out there which affects
Linux but it has been detected and the vulnerability dealt with (the
great benefit of open source software where thousands of programmers are
allowed to examine the code and find any errors/vulnerabilities).


However, there is currently one bit of malware about which there is much
concern as it even affects Linux in certain cases. I cannot immediately
give you the reference to this at the moment but you can search for it
on the 'net and on security sites. (The malware is hard to detect and
hard to eliminate[$].)


[$] I am talking about something which was written about a couple of
months ago. Since then the whole picture may have changed, and of which
I am not aware, and the malware may now be totally neutralised.


BC




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Problems with not having ms windows when using webbrowsers in ubuntu
 

On Sat, 05 May 2012 04:30:38 +0000, user1 wrote:

> I am using 12.04 and am constantly having problems with certain webpages
> in firefox mostly when paying with creditcards, even when using google
> chrome.

After reading your replies I have gotten suspicious that my problem is my
bank, one of Swedens biggest banks Handelsbanken.se, that some of their
programs are not perfect, I have used this bank the last 10 years.


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