Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-07 Thread Stephen
If you don't have Linux you do have an alternate option. VMware server is free, and then you can run several Linux installs on your system... r you can virtualize your windows machine and then run it inside Linux :-) On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 6:29 PM, mike havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > afte

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread mike havens
after looking at the various LFS books' sumaries it would seem that I need to start with LFS. And I was wrong I do have linux I have knoppix! In a few weeks I will have a recent uubuntu. The challenge will be getting online to d/l the book. Well, the broadband cared, so it would seem, runs

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread blake gonterman
Download which book? -- gnunixguy Sent from my android On Nov 6, 2008 6:03 PM, "mike havens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: unfortunately I am unable to d/l the book because i don't run linux currently. any ideas? On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:58 PM, mike havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > this s

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread mike havens
unfortunately I am unable to d/l the book because i don't run linux currently. any ideas? On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 7:58 PM, mike havens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this seems like a fun thing to do thanks for shaaring! > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread mike havens
this seems like a fun thing to do thanks for shaaring! On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Alex Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think IP Cop is build with Linux From Scratch. If you're really keen for > some DIY, check that out. > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ > > alex > > > On Nov 6, 2

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread blake gonterman
Smoothwall is a pretty decent firewall, but not really my style. Pfsense seems to have better options and is built on freebsd. I hear it's easy to add to pfsense -- gnunixguy Sent from my android On Nov 6, 2008 1:13 PM, "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Some things to poke at might be Gen

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread Stephen
Some things to poke at might be Gentoo as a general Linux distro thats very nice but has a lot of the DIY Linux advantages. then there is trixbox which is a pretty easy asterix on top of centos build. i am a rather big fan of smoothwall as a firewall. On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Alex Dean <[EM

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread Alex Dean
I think IP Cop is build with Linux From Scratch. If you're really keen for some DIY, check that out. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ alex On Nov 6, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Jon M. Hanson wrote: I use IP Cop as my firewall at home. It fits your requirements. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2008,

Re: I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread Jon M. Hanson
I use IP Cop as my firewall at home. It fits your requirements. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2008, at 11:49 AM, "James Finstrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > I am looking for new and exciting things... So one of the perks of > my job is I get to play with allot of open source projects and

I want more to play with....

2008-11-06 Thread James Finstrom
I am looking for new and exciting things... So one of the perks of my job is I get to play with allot of open source projects and I get to do things to promote their use. Asterisk has allot of "plug n play" distros that allow you to plug in xyz distro and all the grunt work is done and poof you ha