On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, David Douthitt wrote:
> > I am looking at this myself. Including fax in/out. This would become a
> > universal print/fax/gateway server. I do not know if I will have this
> > running seperately to the firewall/gateway. The aim is to have a quiet 486
> > sit in some corner left on all day at home. This would make an ideal
> > net enabled embeded home appliance.
One thing I did not mention is that the LRP box will server Windows and X
capable client PCs. WHFC and Cypheus are two reasonable fax clients for
Windows. The upshot is that the use Hylafax which in turn uses
Ghostscript. Bloat time (compared to a 1 floppy LRP).
I need to take the time to play with efax and develop a similar client
system. Hylafax uses a variation of the FTP protocol.
> Setting up efax (or mgetty) to work on a LRP system should be fairly
> easy; the problem with Linux (and any Linux in general) is the current
> lack of good fax management or general fax programs. If you live and
> breathe in /bin/sh, efax may be enough; however, if you want your Gramma
> to use a Linux fax program, it better be much easier to use... I'm
> still looking for something that will fit that bill.
> One more reason to suffer under Microsoft oppression for a little while
> longer - even MacOS doesn't have any decent fax programs... I'd rather
> be under Steve's foolhardiness than Bill's oppression :-) but of course
> Linus' goodwill is even better :-)
I am also planning on how to have an Oxygen installation on hard disk that
can also fit back on a floppy when not using things like hylafax or
samba.
I like the security of a write protected floppy. But I am considering
having a firewall/server box using a small hard disk.
With mgetty, I want to add voice and answering machine capabilites.
Then I can have my own phone tree, and get some of the corporations to
ring me back on it for revenge. :-)
Dale.
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