have I/we been trolled? assuming/hoping we are not :) > I was thinking more in terms of the kernel footprint. Fedora is > probably the most plug and play kind of kernel configured on it but > that is not necessarily good. I would atleast need PCMCIA and USB > support on - because it is a laptop and that is the only way I can have > two physical network devices on it :).
every distro comes with the release notes describing what all and what is not supported. going through the release notes would resolve most of the queries. also it's not imperative to use the kernel which is shipped with the distro in the form it is, you can always tweak it as per the needs > Is any of the distro more tuned to act as a firewall other than the BSD > variants ? the distros mentioned in the first mail of this thread are all general purpose ones, so it's the responsibility of the users to tune it to fit their needs. on the final note, I would suggest to use the distro you have used most or the one you are most comfortable with, considering the purpose of the system, which is more trivial and not worth this much analysis :) ~shashank ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
