I was also surprised to see the question referred to Windows lists. It is an effective opportunity to say, here is a perfect Linux application. The best answer, IMHO, is to put a Linux firewall between your Windows box and the internet. We do exactly this, with the easy-to-configure Shorewall.
http://shorewall.sourceforge.net/ Bob Shepherd --- Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:11:12 -0400, Chris Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Pedantry. > > > > Elitism. > > No, just trying to keep the signal to noise ratio at a high level so the > list remains useful. I think that's a useful goal, and posts that complain > about those efforts do not help to raise that ratio. This is a special > interest list, which by definition means that some topics are not > appropriate for it. If people are going to complain every time someone > points that out, then why bother even having the special interest? > > > The Windows post is indeed entirely off topic here. However, I'm happy > > to talk about windows firewalls with him or anyone. Particularly since > > the entirely unwritten subtext is: "If I were using a sane system like > > *BSD or Linux, this wouldn't even be a question... but these people know > > about firewalls..." > > If it was a question about how firewalls worked, that would be one thing. > It was not. It was a question about what windows product should I use. > I see no reason for a post like that on a linux list. > > > So I'm happy to allow it. Particularly if the poster puts an OT in the > > subject line. (lo and behold they did. You were warned.) > > So, then you would support questions about what windows software > someone should use to do something? Why bother even having > a *linux* list then? > > > The battery post is not directly *ON* topic, but I think it is > > appropriate for this list. Many of us have Linux laptops running with > > aging batteries. We answer other hardware questions all the time. > > I'll grant you that, which is why I didn't respond to it directly but > just mentioned it in passing. > > Tanner > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
