On Saturday 15 November 2003 03:36, Sumeet Singh Parmar wrote:
> I have acquired a dual 10/100 intel nic for my router (yay!). I have a
> question: What would characterise the ideal distribution for router + mini
> file server sort of work? Personally I use gentoo and I like it because I
> can take advantage of constantly updating s/w packages by compiling from
> source.
>
> However for a router, I think one would want a stable, secure/hardened
> distribution that handles patches well and any changes to kernel and/or
> packages can be rolled back in case an upgrade goes wrong.
>
> Any advice/suggestion is most appreciated!
Debian rules :)
You have a lot of control and cron-apt can be used to keep your system
up-to-date with the latest security patches.
Stef
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