From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stef Coene Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:47:57 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] ideal router distribution Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org On Saturday 15 November 2003 03:36, Sumeet Singh Parmar wrote: > I have acquired a dual 10/100 intel nic for my router (yay!). I have a > question: What would characterise the ideal distribution for router + mini > file server sort of work? Personally I use gentoo and I like it because I > can take advantage of constantly updating s/w packages by compiling from > source. > > However for a router, I think one would want a stable, secure/hardened > distribution that handles patches well and any changes to kernel and/or > packages can be rolled back in case an upgrade goes wrong. > > Any advice/suggestion is most appreciated! Debian rules :) You have a lot of control and cron-apt can be used to keep your system up-to-date with the latest security patches. Stef -- stef.coene@docum.org "Using Linux as bandwidth manager" http://www.docum.org/ #lartc @ irc.openprojects.net _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/