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Subject: Re: FreeBSD-like linux distro?
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Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> To the OP, if you go ahead with trying to use this 486 or older hw, 
>> consider the effort of maintaining the system.
>
> maintaning? while running netbsd 1.5, my routers don't need any 
> maintaining. they just works. what maintaining? just make your config 
> so logs won't fill the disk.
security patches, port updates?  Any OS will probably require at least 
some of this.

Brian