I gave away a Pentium 4 with 512mb ram, running xp. Soon enough it was full of viruses and whatnot, So I installed zonealarm, No more viruses but now the slow pc runs even slower.
I don't know much about Linux and there are so many distros, I need some help making a choice. My friend mostly surfs the web, burns cds and edits photos with picasa.
I Also have a old laptop, I'll have dig dig it out to get the specs, I do know It came with windows 98. I was thinking about turning it into a dedicated "legal" torrent downloader running Linux. What distro and software would be good for that?
Is there a firewall for Linux that has a simple UI like zomealarm with program control that can give programs internet access but block them from acting as a server?
What would be a good choice for.. virus scanner, music player, dvd/movie player, photo editor, email manager?
I don't know much about Linux and there are so many distros, I need some help making a choice. My friend mostly surfs the web, burns cds and edits photos with picasa.
I Also have a old laptop, I'll have dig dig it out to get the specs, I do know It came with windows 98. I was thinking about turning it into a dedicated "legal" torrent downloader running Linux. What distro and software would be good for that?
Is there a firewall for Linux that has a simple UI like zomealarm with program control that can give programs internet access but block them from acting as a server?
What would be a good choice for.. virus scanner, music player, dvd/movie player, photo editor, email manager?