I don't know what Open Source firewall there is, but there is ZoneAlarm, free at www.zonelabs.com , one of the best. Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libranet Debian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "General BRLUG" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 9:42 PM Subject: [brlug-general] OT: Open Source Software for the college-bound freshman using Win98
> My daughter is leaving for college, major unknown as of yet. I am > relaoding her PC, a P-200, 128 MB RAM, 6.5 Gig HDD. > > She wants Windows as the OS. College is hard enough without fighting > the OS, so who cares. I have ten or fifteen legal copies of Win98 > and Win95 around. I am more interested in the software than the OS. > > I loaded the AVG virus scanner and updated it. > I installed winzip, Acrobat, Gimp, Open Office, and Opera. > > What am I missing? > > If your kid was leaving for college, what Open Source app would you > NOT want to forget. I have until about 11:00 AM Monday, 01/20/2003 > to do the installs. I am on broadband, so download time is trivial. > > I appreciate any suggestions. Especially about Open Source firewalls > for Windows. She will be one a campus dial-up, so I doubt it will be > a big deal, but if anyone knows of one... > > > > ===== > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > http://www.dougriddle.com > http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.libranet.com > -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
