0T- Old linux question-Redhat 5-networking

From: cvisors_at_carnagevisors.net <(cvisors_at_carnagevisors.net)>
Date: Wed May 29 18:22:54 2002

On Wed, 29 May 2002, Dan Wright wrote:

> Doc said:
> > > It does. Up till RH 5.0 I rolled my own dist (lack of time now...), since
> > > slackware didn't (do they now?) stay current with software updates.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Not so you'd notice. I gave up on Slackware right after v4.0 came
> > out. Tried SuSE, Turbo, and RH6.2, settled finally on Debian unstable.
>
> Eh, Slackware seems to do OK... they have new releases with modern SW pretty
> often. Of course, I think upgrading stuff is much less trivial then on most
> other distros, but I never really care because I just use the distro as a
> starting point and then install stuff myself from source whenever I want to
> upgrade. For that mode of operation, slackware is clearly the best (IMHO)
> because it doesn't have any wanky package management that you can break by
> installing something from source instead of f***ing RPM.
>
> And if you're really looking for a secure-out-of-the box OS, don't touch linux
> with a 10 ft. pole...just install openbsd :)
>
> - Dan Wright
In regards to OpenBSD they now also have a vax port, that works quite
well, well works well for me on my 3100/80.

In the case of security, I have come to think that openBSD is the only
free unix that is secure out of the box, but with proper looking after
redhat and the other linuxes, as well as comercial unixes (cough IRIX
cough) can all be made secure with only a little bit of work.

though it doesn't realy matter as much if the machine is behind a firewall
and you are the only one using it...


Benjamin
Received on Wed May 29 2002 - 18:22:54 BST

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