[Sheflug] Re: Suggestions of distro?

[Richard Ibbotson <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James

> easy install program. i notice you're recommending BSD but does it
> have an easy install routine and will it put me into KDE or some
> other WM at start up and be fully configured? id like to run
> openBSD or such , as the tutorials on setting up a firewall are
> fairly good on www.bsdtoday.com , but they all involve editing
> files which i would be at a loss with in the world of command
> lines.

Open BSD is easy to install and so are the others.  Problem comes 
with Open BSD when you want it to work with anything other than an 
ethernet card.  The other BSDs are much easier to use.

Final configuration.....  You need to be able to understand IPFW very 
quickly......

http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf/ipf-howto.txt

this is the best document that I have seen on the net and makes most 
of the paper books look kind of obsolete.  It's easy to understand.  

As for GUIs and firewalls ?  They died out the same year that they 
were suggested.  All the firewalls I've seen are done by command 
line.  Never seen anything else :)

Thanks


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