Ron Johnson wrote:
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Linux box for sharing my DSL connection. For a few years it used to be
just a 486, but I recently upgraded it to a K6-2/500 :)
Woo Hoo!! Go, Speed Racer, go! (Did the 486 die?)
One of them died, but the last one I was using just got replaced.
You don't even need a 500mb drive, I've squeezed a fully function Debian
system into less than 70mb in the past (this was including a mail server
and some other things).
Darned impressive...
It took a lot of creative deleting :)
is a really good idea. You can just set it up and leave it running,
knowing it will just work. I've had to use my main computer as the
If a stupid thunderstorm hadn't have knocked the power out longer
than my cheap-o UPS lasted (but it was also powering my beefy Athlon
at the time), my box would be a triple-digits by now...
The power company and thunderstorms are what dictate my Linux box
uptimes. In fact, there was a thunderstorm a week or so ago that knocked
out the power for a few seconds. I don't have a UPS yet...
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