-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Les Mikesell Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 9:29 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Networking setup/help
Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 09:31 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
If you are starting from scratch and don't know your way
around the
linux system, why not use one of the 'appliance' style
distributions
like ClearOS (fairly new) or SMEserver (older but still works)? These are based on CentOS code but have a simple web interface for configuration and will probably set up the firewalling/NAT better than you would do by yourself.
ClearOS looks awesome. Have you tried it?
I don't have a real use for it right now but I have one running under vmware to test and migrated some big imap mailboxes over from an old smeserver. It seems to be very well done with a very responsive web interface for management.
I like CentOS. While it might not be for the average Joe (me), the folks here are really helpful and knowlegeable.
Did a really short stint with 'White Box' until that kinda fizzled.
I have no reason to leave CentOS.
Eddie