I'm still receiving them, and saving them against the day I need them, but rarely reading them.
>1. Our releases are pretty mature and stable, so less goes wrong on the >code side. So there is less to ask about. I think that's part of it. "People don't want 1/4" drills, they want 1/4" holes!" My Bering 1.2 seems to be protecting me. Last work I did was when I changed boxes and the new one didn't want to boot non-standard floppies, so I had to make it boot with grub from an IDE drive shared with RHL and Win98--and then disable the IDE support once it connects. When the uClibc version came out what I saw seemed to present me with the option of doing nothing or hassling with another difficult installation and customization? > >2. There are a LOT of other router-scale Linux distros out there. We have >more competition. >From the user's point of view, most don't understand all the details of firewalling, able to judge the benefits of Shorewall vs other approaches. But what they do experience is the installation and customization process. I've always felt Bering should have easier ways to customize all its parameters. Granted grand schemes would be difficult to do and keep everything small, but a parameterized variables file wouldn't be so large. > >3. Home NATing routers from Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, and the rest are more >competitive with home-built routers than they used to be. Plain routers are >dirt cheap, and even ones with 802.11g can be almost free (I just bought >one for about $US2, net after a $30 rebate) ... just try to get 802.11g (or >even b) workijng with Linux. Hah! True. I'm afraid any vulnerability, perhaps influenced by their race to sell product as cheaply as possible, would spread like wildfire. And updates, such as when I went from Bering 1.0 to 1.2, means buying a new box. Paul Rogers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.xprt.net/~pgrogers/ http://www.angelfire.com/or/paulrogers/ Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
