On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 12:51 -0400, Stephen Brown Jr wrote: > > You may find that you prefer one of the BSDs. > > I was just sitting here playing with OpenBSD and it's been a hair > raising experience so far :/ >
Maybe this will reassure you: tho OpenBSD approach towards new (Linux) users seems to be that "only if you manage to get past the BSD disklabel and the least user-friendly implementation of fdisk in existence, areth thou worthy of operating our Softe Ware". Which you apparently have, so congratulations;). The good news is that after that, in OpenBSD everything is infinitely more "intuitive" and simple than it is with Linux. Bill > I set up a basic install in Vmware and the install was a little > tricky, but I managed to get it. OpenBSD may be a little more for me > to swallow right now as I'm only familiar with linux, but I'm not > going to give up just yet. > > Does OpenBSD use iptables just like linux for packet filtering? Are > there any good front ends for it? (I really like Firehol, Shorewall, > or a web based frontend) > > > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Chris Babcock > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Brown Jr wrote: > > Wow some awesome responses!!! Thanks guys! > > > > Seems like the consensus says that the 4801 is an obvious > choice for me, > > I may focus my sights on that. Still not sure what firewall > solution I > > am going to use yet, I'll admit I'm a little Debian biased, > but playing > > with BSD may be advantageous as well seeing as how both my > desktop and > > laptop are Mac's :) > > > > If you like Debian, then try Debian on it. The "stable" > version usually > works pretty well on router class devices, but you will want > to build a > (newer) custom kernel with explicit support for the hardware > of the 4801 > or 5501. Most stability issues people have with Debian (and > other Linux > for that matter) are a direct result of _kernel_ version and > settings. > I usually avoid putting Ubuntu on Soekris devices, because it > is heavier > than a plain Debian install. > > Once you have the dhcp & tftp stuff working to do an install, > playing > around with OpenBSD and FreeBSD on Soekris is fun and fairly > easy. So, > if you are thinking about trying either of them, you may as > well. You > may find that you prefer one of the BSDs. > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
