At our office we actually run a few separate networks to make sure that our main servers have the best protection available. For two of our three networks we run a free firewall based on Linux.
Our favorite product for our free firewall is IPCop, which is an open-source product currently up to version 1.4.11. The [...]

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While running Windows XP it is easy to think that we are missing out on a lot of cool, free open-source software and applications. After all, not all open-source applications are available for a Windows PC.
Microsoft however has provided us with over 150 free Windows & Office Programs for free download. Here are a few [...]

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To defrag your hard drive is one of the easiest ways to speed up your computer. Unfortunately the default utility that is included with Windows XP is not the best one available, but there are some free alternatives out there for you to use.
In my last post, Removing Hotfix and Service Pack Uninstall Files Safely, [...]

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Windows Hotfix and Service Pack Uninstall files can take up quite a lot of space on a Windows XP installation.
Ed Bott’s got a good article about how to safely remove uninstall files from your Windows XP installation. It’s a question that I have often asked myself, but never really enough to go out searching for [...]

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