no this is not true , i have a standard ubuntu installation and there are no open ports , you are not vulnerable to (most ) viruses , there is a standard firewall installed , ....
i'm pretty sure that linux (ubuntu) is more secure then windows
I have exactly the same error on my win XP box
first i thought i was the site but on my linux box the image shows perfect
i have also some errors with the adobe pdf plugin , i recently deleted some startup entries
so i think it might have something to do with that
i don't have a skype plugin installed but i will try tomorrow to run firefox in save mode or with a new profile
there is a little firefox plugin called DownThemAll which allows you to download all the files in a site
with one click you are able to download all the episodes
you've never use linux before
linux is the last thing I'd label at 'Just works'
well i'm used to work with ubuntu and that works on all my computers without major problems , unless windows
this is completely true
for a server debian is probably better than ubuntu
but maybe if it's your first server ubuntu is a better choice than debian
but ubuntu will not work on a computer with 32 mb ram and 300 Mhz cpu
when you see the videos outside Canada you break copyright laws so i wouldn't do this
if you do want to , i think you will need a proxy from inside Canada and this is only a google search away