Am Samstag, 18. September 2004 07:32 schrieb Paul G Rogers: > I'm still receiving them, and saving them against the day I need > them, but rarely reading them. > > >1. Our releases are pretty mature and stable, so less goes wrong > > on the code side. So there is less to ask about. > > I think that's part of it. "People don't want 1/4" drills, they > want 1/4" holes!" My Bering 1.2 seems to be protecting me. Last > work I did was when I changed boxes and the new one didn't want to > boot non-standard floppies, so I had to make it boot with grub from > an IDE drive shared with RHL and Win98--and then disable the IDE > support once it connects.
That sounds really complicated - I wonder why you just didn't buy a CD-ROM for next to nothing, I recently paid less than 1 US$ on ebay. > When the uClibc version came out what I > saw seemed to present me with the option of doing nothing or > hassling with another difficult installation and customization? Depends on your needs - Bering-uClibc provides a newer kernel, updated packages, ipv6 and some features more requested by users. If are not that paranoid, there is no need to upgrade. > >2. There are a LOT of other router-scale Linux distros out there. > > We > > have > > >more competition. > > > >From the user's point of view, most don't understand all the > > details of > > firewalling, able to judge the benefits of Shorewall vs other > approaches. But what they do experience is the installation and > customization process. I've always felt Bering should have easier > ways to customize all its parameters. Granted grand schemes would > be difficult to do and keep everything small, but a parameterized > variables file wouldn't be so large. > > >3. Home NATing routers from Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, and the rest > > are > > more > > >competitive with home-built routers than they used to be. Plain > > routers > > are > > >dirt cheap, and even ones with 802.11g can be almost free (I just > > bought > > > >one for about $US2, net after a $30 rebate) ... just try to get > > 802.11g > > (or > > >even b) workijng with Linux. Hah! > > True. I'm afraid any vulnerability, perhaps influenced by their > race to sell product as cheaply as possible, would spread like > wildfire. And updates, such as when I went from Bering 1.0 to 1.2, > means buying a new box. True, and some of them are indeed uses outdated software. kp ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
