Tribe.net: GNU & Free SoftwareDo you think software should be "Free as in Freedom"? Do you say GNU/Linux? Do you believe software patents are evil and RMS is a genius? Then welcome to your tribe...Re: New to Gnu- December 4, 2006 Unsu... Puppy Linux is geared for older systems, and Damn Small Linux is, well...it is damn small. :) ClamAV is good, and you can use any of a multitude of firewall interfaces to write your firewall rules. Firewalls are pretty much built-in...it's the management of them that creates the front-ends like Firestarter or that one wtth the dog that I can never remember the name of...http://gpl.tribe.net/thread/1e79681d-7f57-44e4-a8b6-8b092c180cd7#3c1cfcd5-2c64-496b-8e36-7... Re: New to Gnu- December 1, 2006 b3gl Depending on the options you install, RedhatFedora might work, but with that hardware you're probably better off trying one of the lightweight distros like Damn Small Linux or Pocketlinux. As far as firewall software goes most distros will come with one pre-loaded, but there are lots to choose from. ClamAV is probably your best anti-virus option. r.m.http://gpl.tribe.net/thread/1e79681d-7f57-44e4-a8b6-8b092c180cd7#d0fd3529-90e0-4242-9d55-2... New to Gnu- December 1, 2006 Unsu... Im a linux:newbie. I have seen linux in action, have always been curious about it. but really know little about it. im ready to take the dive I got my hands on a compaq armada 1550DMT laptop which I upgraded to its whopping 80mb ram. it has a 4 gig HD and 133mhz pentium processor. I plan on just using it for the very basic stuff. word processing, internet,email. MAYBE occasionally downloading something once in a while but thats not on top of..http://gpl.tribe.net/thread/1e79681d-7f57-44e4-a8b6-8b092c180cd7#3f3e6cf9-3b49-468c-b27c-f... |