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Does anyone know of a FOSS Firewall for Windows (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by TikoBrown@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I currently use TinyWall Firewall, it works very well, it's small/portable, no complaints I even donated to the Dev but I would really prefer open source, also it needs to be user friendly like TinyWall so my non-tech family members can/will use it like they do with TinyWall.

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[–] anonymouse@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago (22 children)

I would really prefer open source

... this does not compute. If you actually truly prefer open source, why are you using Windows?

[–] Templa@beehaw.org 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (15 children)

I knew I was going to find a comment like this and I am disappointed that I did.

It is hard for people to make transitions specially because they probably used Windows their own life. If they are asking for a FOSS firewall they most likely know they should transition to Linux at some point. There is actually no need to be the questioning person.

I use arch btw

[–] anonymouse@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Why are you disappointed? It was just a question out of curiosity. Nothing wrong with asking a question, this is a community centered around discussions, is it not? It's not Stack Overflow or something, where we follow a strict question-answer format.

It is hard for people to make transitions specially because they probably used Windows their own life. If they are asking for a FOSS firewall they most likely know they should transition to Linux at some point.

And that is just your assumption. What if they were only using Windows to play some games, but didn't realise that those games were now actually playable in Linux?

[–] angrynomad 1 points 2 years ago

What if the only hold back is adobe Photoshop and Lightroom and gimp coming nowhere close to filling photoshops role

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