From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 12 14:13:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gfc-mad-proxy.gflesch.com (gfc-mad-proxy.gflesch.com [208.212.82.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15E2214C8D for ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 14:13:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kwills@gflesch.com) Received: from gfc-mad-mail.gflesch.com (gfc-mad-mail.gflesch.int [10.1.1.25]) by gfc-mad-proxy.gflesch.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA23134; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:04:57 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from kwills@gflesch.com) Received: by gfc-mad-mail.gflesch.int with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:13:10 -0500 Message-ID: <058BE165CBA8D111A82E0008C79F9E35024861@gfc-mad-dc.gflesch.int> From: "Wills, Ken" To: glgreen@mcafeemail.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD and Home Networking Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 16:13:22 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > Gladstone Green > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 11:34 AM > > I have been using RedHat Linux 6.0, kernel 2.2.5-15 for the > past six months. I am pretty satisfied but I am always > looking for something better. I am looking for an operating > system that I can use at home for a small network (3 PC's). > The server would be connected to the internet by a cable > modem and the clients would be running Win95. What I am > looking for are as follows; a firewall, file and print > services for the clients, internet access for all the clients *Firewall - ipfw (included in base system). *File and Print Sharing - Samba (in ports). *Internet access for all clients - natd, presumably would suffice (base system). *"Web page with security" - not sure exactly what you mean here, but apache is in ports. > from the single cable line, the possibility to start and > maintain a web page with security. Why would FreeBSD be my > best choice and also how easy is it to maintain? Are there Greg Lehey has a book called "The Complete FreeBSD", which comes with a full 4cd FreeBSD set. Available at http://www.cdrom.com and finer bookstores everywhere :) As to how hard it is to maintain and why it would be better for you, I can't answer that, and I doubt no one but you could. Depending on your knowledge/time I think it makes an excellent solution. What works best for me, however does not necessarily work best for you. YMMV, as they say :) > any Net/Sys Admin books available to help me out? Can I use > applications that are ported to Linux (Star Office, the GIMP, > etc) on FreeBSD? FreeBSD runs most linux software without any problems through the linux emulation. GIMP can be run native, Star Office is run through emulation. Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message