Smooth Wall Express Firewall - for Linux

SmoothWall Express is intended for use by anyone from a home user to a systems administrator. It can run on almost any PC from a 486 upwards, which becomes a dedicated firewall appliance (the SmoothWall box). Apart from the PC, all that is required is an Internet connection and some simple networking equipment to connect the SmoothWall firewall to the rest of your local, private network.

The initial design goals are still the foundation of SmoothWall Express today:

1. Be simple enough to be installed by home users with no knowledge of Linux
2. Support a wide variety of network cards, modems and other hardware
3. Work with many different connection methods and ISPs from across the world
4. Use a web browser to manage and configure the software

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Post edited by: Annabell, at: 2007/07/15 11:30

I will have to try this one out I have plenty of old computers lying around and its always fun to find new uses for them.

this is what i use my 4th in line Computer is for "a test platform" any new programs i find i download and try them out, its good fun trying new apps

A couple obvious ones are, or at least for me, Firefox, for all your web browsing needs and Thunderbird for powerful yet simple email management. You can download these two great programs at: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ and http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

For all your media playing needs VLC media p_layer_ is a wonderful choice. This p_layer_ will play just about any media you throw at as well as it's an excellent choice for those who need a media server. You can learn more about it and download it from here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Also just for your information, do to this media p_layer_s high level of portability there are versions of it for just about any computing platform even WinCE/PocketPC.

Another good tool is Gnome Partition Editor which is just that a non destructive partition editor. This tool is invaluable as a means by which you can create and edit your computers partions. The only thing you need to run this tool is the ability to set your computer to boot from a CD. You can learn more about and download this tool here: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/