On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:51:15 -0700 Mikey wrote: > On Friday 21 January 2005 18:10, Dennis Kibbe wrote: > > Sorry, Mike. I don't handle alpha software which is what "Sid" is.  I can > > give you testing instead. > > > I thought the order in stability was: > > stable > unstable > testing Nope, it's: stable (Woody) testing (Sarge) unstable (always named Sid) Details are here: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > Firewall? Server? No GUI needed then. > > > Yes. I was thinking of a firewall. Then why not just install a distro designed for that purpose? Smoothwall, IPcop, etc. But if you only have one main computer that you use, I'd just setup a software firewall. Many distros will do that on install or you can use Brian Hatch's "Ten Minute Firewall".[1] Is my low-power machine capable of being a > server? Technically yes, but not a very good one. If so, I suppose I don't know what a server is. What exactly is a > server? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define+server&btnG=Google+Search I thought it was a host for web pages.... hmmmmm..... I suppose you > don't need much cpu time for web pages. Huh! You don't need any cpu time on > the host machine to run web pages. WOW. Thanks for helping me to realize > this. > > What would I use a server for? Since you're on dialup, you might not see much use for a server especially if you only have one phone line. Maybe just use that old box to play with different software/distros, etc. > <:-)Mike(-:> Cheers, Dennisk [1] http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20030703.html --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss