Comodo Internet Security, a free firewall and anti-virus
Over the last months I have spent some time playing around with various anti-virus and firewall software. The problem with computer security is that while it keeps you safe, or at least safer, it tends to introduce some negative side effects as well. The PC I am writing this on is rather old, so system resource usage is always a big concern of mine – I like to keep my PC snappy and responsive, so I don’t want to install anything that slows things down significantly. This rules out popular security suites of F-Secure or Norton – especially the latter seems to be able to kill the newest of PC’s in terms of performance. For quite some time I used the combination of Sunbelt Kerio firewall (free limited edition) and Avast! anti-virus (totally free) but I felt that an integrated solution might be more convenient. I was very tempted to buy the security suite of Eset NOD, as their anti-virus engine is probably one of the fastest, but their firewall was rather spartan. So I decided to give a spin to the latest offering of Comodo and their Internet Security suite and I am quite impressed – it’s a full-blown suite of applications that wont kill your computer and you can’t beat the price – its’ free.
About a year ago we did some Linux mythbusting concerning two of the much debated Linux features vs. Windows: 
In our previous AVCHD guides for PlayStation 3 we have use DVD recordables as the medium for transferring the content to the console. This however has some downsides, the worst one being that file size increases in the MKV to AVCHD conversion process as the AVCHD adds all kinds of meta-data to the content. In practice this means that if you have a Matroska (.MKV) file that is matched to the size of a DVD-R(W) at 4.4GB and you convert it to AVCHD then it will not fit a regular DVD-R(W) and you’ll need a dual-layer disc. This is where a USB pen drive comes very handy – the prices have gone way down and one can get a 8GB or 16GB USB memory for peanuts. A USB pen drive is an excellent medium for transferring and watching you HD video content on PS3 – it’s reusable, portable, fast, and convenient. And now with the latest mkv2vob version you have an excellent tool for the MKV to USB AVCHD conversion. You’ll be watching your video on PS3 in 5 minutes – read on! 
The most of the best and the market dominant Linux distributions have one in thing in common – they have strong commercial support behind them. This applies to Ubuntu (Canonical), Fedora (RedHat), openSUSE (Novell). Debian is an exception as it is driven by a major non-profit organization. On the other hand, every now and then an interesting smaller distribution comes up and is able to attract major audiences and gain an active user group. Such distributions include SimplyMEPIS, PCLinuxOS and the LinuxMint. However the recent history has proved that these small distros, that often are too dependent on a single contributor, tend to fall into problems on the long run. Mepis used to be a very good and competitive distribution, but as the founder failed to develop a business model around it the distro is now rapidly fading away. Same fate is is now threating the PCLinuxOS as well, as it seems to have stalled in development and maintenance. For this reason these distributions are somewhat of a risky investment for anyone considering them for anything more serious than just surfing at home. Linux Mint however is trying hard to be different – they have a couple of years of solid track record of releasing new versions, they are showing constant improvement and they seem to be pushing hard in order to become serious player on the free Linux market.
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