On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:23 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
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Of Paul Heinlein Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:35 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] How fast?
The bigger issue is ensuring that an older computer has enough disk space to house a modern distro and enough RAM to run modern kernels -- and even then you can tighten things up if you're willing to work with a speciality distro.
I second that, nicely put!
If I may suggest Smoothwall for a firewall appliance...? This is a specialty distro, IPCop is another similar distro. Smoothwall's even got a simple static DNS built-in, just the thing for a smallish home network. Might be just what the OP is looking for? --
i know I used to use a Linux PC as a firewall for my home system. Back before the inexpensive routers, and before the fairly easy to find specialty loads. The thing that got me away from it was it was my only Linux system at the time, and a botched update ended up with me having an unbootable system. And an emergency trip to Staples to buy the distribution they had there. A couple days without a protected home network, and I decided to eventually go with a dedicated box.
Things would be different if I wanted to get fancier than what these standalone systems provided. But right now, I don't need the extra capability.
On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:23 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote:
From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
Behalf
Of Paul Heinlein Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 12:35 AM
The bigger issue is ensuring that an older computer has enough disk space to house a modern distro and enough RAM to run modern kernels -- and even then you can tighten things up if you're willing to work with a speciality distro.
I second that, nicely put!
I've got an ancient box (over 10 years old), running an old version of *Redhat* (not RHEL or Fedora). It's fine... but then, I have *no* X on it, *no* compilers, no next to nothing - all it is, is a firewall/router.
If that's all you put on, shouldn't be a big deal on an older system. The only thing I'd consider putting a compiler on it for is to build chkroot.
If I may suggest Smoothwall for a firewall appliance...? This is a specialty distro, IPCop is another similar distro. Smoothwall's even got a
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i know I used to use a Linux PC as a firewall for my home system. Back before the inexpensive routers, and before the fairly easy to find specialty loads. The thing that got me away from it was it was
<snip> Yeah, my box is getting *really* long in the tooth, and I'm starting to think of replacing it (after I get done bleeding money from my *just* finished relo). I know what its replacement will be, though: WRT54GL. I want the control that linux running on there gives me, so I can manage it, and upgrade, rather than what the OEM thinks is important.
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