RE: OT: W2k ICS vs. Linux masquerading

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

ah well, horses for courses(sp?).

Wish my missus was as clued up as your's is, does that make getting toys
any easier?

Which HOWTO did you end up looking at?

On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:13:14 Mark Harrison wrote:
> Sorry Stuart, but I disagree. This wasn't my first time by any means:
>
> I've installed, over the past couple of years:
>
> - Windows 98 about 30 times
> - Windows NT about 15 times
> - Windows 2000 about once :-)
> - Linux about 10 times....
>
> ... I still find Linux harder. In fact, it's the old Network cards
under
> DOS experience that's been helpful...
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Grimshaw [mailto:stuart@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 November 2000 10:32
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT: W2k ICS vs. Linux masquerading
>
>
> > By comparison, at home I have finally got a Linux box up and
running,
> > again with ISDN, on the same ISP, on an old P-200 overdrive
machine,
> with
> > a 1Gb HDD - getting Linux installed wasn't too tricky - getting a
old
> SMC
> > network card and a modern Eicon PCI ISDN card to co-exist was
harder
> > (like - my wife had to do that bit, since I couldn't). Getting
IPCHAINS
> > working was easy, once I'd found the right "dummies"
HOWTO.
>
> wayhay! another convert. Could you let me know what HOWTO you picked?
I
> have my firewall done with a wizard, and I don't feel I fully
understand
> what it's done. I have a vague idea, but I wouldn't be confident in
being
> to re-create it without the help of the wizard.
>
> > In practice, I'm finding that the Linux one appears more
reliable, and
> is
> > doing Dial-on-Demand properly. However, it was a much longer job
to get
> > installed and working.
>
> Try and remember when you first installed NT (I presume you used that
> before 2000), how long was it till you got that up and running the way
> you
> wanted it? Next time you install Linux, you'll do it quicker, and
quicker
> still the time after that, it's the same with anything really though
> isn't
> it.
>
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