Re: [OT] Calling The Penguin People

["Andy Laurence" <andy@xxxxxxx>]

> Okay chaps since I slag Linux rather a lot I've decided to put my
money
> where my mouth is!
>
> What I intend doing is setting up, as an experiment for the moment
to
> find out what the penguin is all about, an old P2 box with Linux to
use
> as a server/firewall/internet gateway.
>
> So where do I download Linux from since I know they give it away?
;-)

Depends which distribuition you're after.  http://www.linux.org lists a good
number of distros.  I'd recommend Debian, but thet's my personal
opinion.
Each user prefers a different distro.

> Can I interface this to a Windows XP LAN/WLAN and if so how?

What do you mean by interface?  They all use TCP/IP, and samba does
NetBIOS
for Linux.

> I'm not saying you lot have won, just that I'm prepared to try
something
> different!

Heh!

Andy

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