Re: Desktop light installs, user and programmers

["Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz indahaus com>]

At 1/31/2002 01:57 PM +0100, you wrote:
> > >What I would like to see is a lightweight option with a much smaller
> > >package list suitable for a networked machine without X, games, tons
> > >of user-space apps, but with networking, routing, firewall, ssh,
> > >etc. This kind of box will never be used by a newbie,
>
> OK for complex routing and maybe ssh, but why should a newbie not use a
> box with networking and firewall on?

My $0.02 is that newbies should be taught that telnet is an ancient, 
obsolete tool now only useful in near-death experiences and Cisco routers, 
and that all communication is now done with ssh. *Everyone* should have SSH.

Networking, firewall, and ssh add practically nothing in terms of space; 
they're all small. When I do a firewall/gateway for a house (even though I 
add DNS, sendmail, dhcpd, and a few others) I still end up with less than 
150MB of files. No reason not to include networking, firewalling, and ssh.


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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz indahaus com