Re: [PCTECH] Old PC as internet gateway and file server

[Mike Wills <koldark@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just as a side note to this. I agree Debian is a great distribution, but it 
is not as easy to work with as Fedora. Fedora has a decent packaging system 
as well. It is also less daunting of an install process.

I don't and won't get into a distribution war, but I thought I should point 
that out as well.

On 6/6/05, Paul Stagnoli <stagnolip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter!
> 
> If you are determined to make it an all in one solution, I would suggest 
> Debian. You can't beat their package management system for maintaining the 
> OS.
> 
> IMHO a better, more secure, approach is to use the box to create a 
> firewall (including DHCP & DNS) and get another box for the internal server. 
> I'd suggest IPCop http://www.ipcop.org for the firewall. The internal 
> server can run Debian, Ubuntu, or whatever.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Paul Stagnoli
>