Open Source software for WinXP

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Are there Open Source software for WinXP in respect of;

1) CD/DVD burning other than "Win32 CDR Tools Front End"

2) Antivirus

3) Firewall
etc.

Please advise. TIA

B.R.
satimis

[bigtomrodney]

You might want to have a look at sourceforge.net, it hosts the majority of open source projects for all platforms. Just do a search on the front page.

[truoc444]

only ones i know are

1 CDBurner XP Pro is a free cd burner

2 clamwin is an open source AntiVirus (if you just want free AVG is really good too)

3 i don't know a firewall

[ImNeat]

I use AVG Free Edition for Virus and ZoneAlarm for firewall - both are free but I don't believe either are OSS. If you find any good OSS ones post them - I would love to give them a go.

[carlosponti]

http://www.opensourcewindows.org/

also WinXp has a nice little built in firewall once you get service pack 2 installed. you cant really do a whole lot to change settings as far as i know but it works.

[apoorv_khurasia]

I observed that Zone Alarm slowed down my "net speed" a lot. Since my anti-virus is quite good (Trend Micro, provided my university under a license from the company) I chose to trust the SP2 firewall and it has not cause me any trouble till now. I just make sure that I update it regularly.

[daacosta]

Hi folks,

Are there Open Source software for WinXP in respect of;

1) CD/DVD burning other than "Win32 CDR Tools Front End"

2) Antivirus

3) Firewall
etc.

Please advise. TIA

B.R.
satimis

1) Get the one from http://www.burn4free.com/ Though it has a toolbar, install it on a browser you don't use frequently like IE and use the other browser Firefox...

2) http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5

I also have TempCleaner from http://www.ipaw.net/

3) ZoneAlarm

I also use OOo office suite http://www.openoffice.org/
Spybot Search and Destroy
AdAware

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Lot of tks for your advice.

B.R.
satimis

[daacosta]

Curiously enough two of my threads with the very same intention: free software for Windows were eliminated

[psic]

http://www.opensourcewindows.org/

also WinXp has a nice little built in firewall once you get service pack 2 installed. you cant really do a whole lot to change settings as far as i know but it works.

Cool site, carlosponti, Celestia and Stellarium look awesome!

Also, I wanted to mention that I've heard bad things about the windows firewall. I use Zonealarm myself, though I also have a hardware firewall (my SMC router). For me, the worst part about the XP firewall was the lack of advanced configuration options.