gewitty

I have a small home network, consisting of two desktops and a laptop (all running WIN XP Pro). The network runs both Ethernet and wireless. One of the desktops is dedicated to running just ZoneAlarm, AVG, SpyBot and a mailserver (MailTraq). This machine is also the primary connection to my DSL broadband service. Given the considerable rise in the number of virus and trojan attacks on Windows that are happening lately, I am wondering if the primary machine would be safer running under LINUX. Not having had any experience of this OS, I don't know if this is a good idea or, if so, which version of LINUX would be best. I also don't know if ZoneAlarm, AVG and Mailtraq will run on LINUX. Anyone got any advice please?

Thanks Dan. I downloaded and installed Smoothwall and am so far very impressed. It has many powerful features; the installation was fairly straightforward and the user interface and documentation are excellent. Had a bit of a problem up[censored] the firmware in my ADSL modem, but got that sorted eventually.