So this is possible right? With what distro/version would it be easiest? The only Linux I really ever touched was Mandrake, and the interface was fairly similar and somewhat easy to navigate. However I never was able to get the linux box to talk to my XP box that holds the connection to the internet.
Specifically I want my network to stay configured the way it currently is.
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I'd rather reconfigure this old 800mhz P3 with 128mb PC133 (127 after the chipset takes memory for the integrated video) 40gb HDD box into my new gateway PC so I don't have my main gaming rig on the line all the time. I finally just want the extra security from all those high fangled XP hackers out there.
So, advice, suggestions, and flames accepted. Just don't let this turn into a Linux VS Windows fight, because if there was more gaming support for Linux, I'd go penguin.
I plan on naming the new rig Ted by the way. Catch the joke?
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Blindy's little brother wrote this stupid shit:
Do yourself a favor and buy a $40 linksys router. It will provide the exact same security with no fiddling.
[edit]And the setup I've been using has been working flawlessly for me for the past 3 years except when I mistakenly download virii from P2P networks. Beta Tested fucked around with this message on 08-02-2004 at 02:21 PM.
You could poke around http://www.distrowatch.org for a while and see what you find.
Also, on a box like that, you're probably better off not installing X. Alidane fucked around with this message on 08-02-2004 at 02:23 PM.
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Derek thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
ClarkConnect
I second this.
I like the feed back so far. Looks like OpenBSD might provide the solution I was looking for.
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Beta Tested stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Question for the newly posted OS's. Which ones could I use to run a Halflife server on as well? I plan on running an FPS server of somekind, as well as a webserver and mail server for my own uses.I like the feed back so far. Looks like OpenBSD might provide the solution I was looking for.
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Beta Tested's fortune cookie read:
Question for the newly posted OS's. Which ones could I use to run a Halflife server on as well? I plan on running an FPS server of somekind, as well as a webserver and mail server for my own uses.I like the feed back so far. Looks like OpenBSD might provide the solution I was looking for.
Unless the mail server is internal network only, you may have some issues. I know the phone company DSL providers generally charge extra for the...reverse lookup(?)...that you need for it to work properly.
