six years Archives : Geekazine

six years

February 12, 2011

Firestarter Firewall for Linux–First Run

guests capability, Firestarter, firestarter firewall, interface, Linux, linux kernel, money, open source, six years, wizard 1

This is the first of two posts on the Firestarter firewall for Linux. See the note at the end of this post for information about getting Firestarter. Firestarter is the easiest Linux firewall front-end I’ve found. I’ve used it off-and-on since I loaded my first Linux box almost six years ago. Unlike many Windows firewall […]

December 11, 2010

Virtual Box: Installing Arch Linux, Part 1

guests computer, graphical user interface, hard drive, hdd, iso file, menu bar, network connections, six years, ui, virtual box, virtual machine 1

I have wanted to play with Arch Linux for some time, but my test computer is currently non compos harddrive (I took the HDD out to help someone else test a different computer). Using Virtual Box, I have been able to do so. Arch is a “build-it-your-way” Linux distribution. The initial install provides a text […]