> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at 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