Linux is a whole lot better than it was in 2000. AND it is becoming more like Windows is certain ways.
Don't take the two sentences above to be dependent on each other. ::runs away from inevitable thread derailment::: -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> What a ringing endorsement! Heh. > >> > >> You left out "... if you're coming from BSD". > > > > True enough - it just struck me as funny. > > Yah, I got it. :) Reminds me of this Dave Barry quote: > > "Microsoft has a new version out, Windows XP, which according to > everybody is the 'most reliable Windows ever'. To me, this is like > saying that asparagus is 'the most articulate vegetable ever'." > > > I like pf, dammit. > > Yah, from what I've seen, it really is a more elegant solution than > Linux's iptables. They both do mostly the same things, but pf makes > it easier and cleaner. And that counts. > > I've seen many front-ends for iptables. They give you a GUI or > higher-level language, and handle the more nitty-gritty iptables > syntax for you. That's not the same thing, of course, but they at > least makes building the rulesets easier. Myself, I had to learn the > iptables syntax before those things matured, so I don't have a > recommendation, I'm afraid. I've got an overly complicated firewall > shell script I can share parts of, though. :) > > > Well, almost true. I had tried several Linux distros before 2000 and > > was dissatisfied by all of them ... > > Linux has changed a lot since then. Whether it's for the better or > worse is subjective. :) I once had occasion to remark, "Linux is > becoming more and more like Microsoft Windows all the time." (It > wasn't a complement.) > > Gentoo lets you (re)build everything from source, so it supposedly > offers more flexibility in that area, at the cost of time spent > customizing things. > > -- Ben > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
